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finding:quantum-theory-reveals-discreteness-of-atomic-molecular-states-with-energy-levels-and-quantized-transitionsQuantum theory reveals discreteness of atomic/molecular states with energy levels and quantized transitions.
Foundational quantum-mechanical fact that Schrödinger leverages to explain why molecular configurations are stable against small thermal perturbations.
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- Central claim: without quantum-mechanical energy thresholds and discrete states, hereditary information could not survive across generations.
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- Causal emergence in biological systemsmembers_ofExamines how macro-scale causal power exceeds micro-scale in living and learning systems.
- Explores how quantum theory—not classical physics—explains hereditary persistence, discrete mutations, and molecular information encoding in biological systems.
- Quantum basis of genetic stabilitymembers_ofSchrödinger's argument that quantum mechanics uniquely explains hereditary molecule persistence and mutation discreteness.
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