A Broader Perspective about Organization and Coherence in Biological Systems

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential role of quantum-like coherence in biological systems, suggesting that such coherence at multiple scales could influence biological organization and complexity.

Contribution

It offers a broad perspective on biological coherence, emphasizing its possible quantum-like nature and implications for understanding complex biological systems.

Findings

Evidence of multi-scale coherence in biology

Potential links between coherence and biological organization

Implications for quantum theory in biological contexts

Abstract

The implications of large-scale coherence in biological systems and possible links to quantum theory are only beginning to be explored. Whether quantum-like coherent phenomena are relevant, or even possible at all, at the high temperatures of biological systems remains unsettled. Here, we present a broader perspective on biological organization and how quantum-like dynamics and coherence might shape the very fabric from which complex biological systems are organized. Regardless of its exact nature, a unique form of coherence seems apparent at multiple scales in biology and its better characterization may have broad consequences for the understanding of living organisms as complex systems.