The Superposition Mind : Holding Every Possibility at Once

Unlock the secrets of the quantum realm as we help change your understanding of technology's future. Imagine a world where time travel, disease cures, and supercharged human brains are not just figments of science fiction, but tangible realities. In this episode, we break down the mysteries of quantum mechanics, focusing on the strange behaviors of subatomic particles that defy classical logic. These particles, such as electrons and photons, hold the key to quantum computing—a revolutionary leap beyond traditional binary systems. Discover how qubits, existing in multiple states at once, are setting the stage for transformative technological advancements.

Join us on a futuristic journey where quantum computing converges with neuroscience and AI to unlock human potential like never before. Envision a supercharged quantum brain capable of simultaneously processing multiple scenarios, offering profound insights into human longevity and performance. As we embrace the quantum principles already woven into nature—and possibly our own minds—we explore the profound implications for our understanding of what it means to be human. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What if I told you that the future of tech could
actually unlock, time travel,cure diseases and tap into parts
of your brain you've never usedbefore, and that this isn't
necessarily science fiction?
This is right now where we arewith quantum physics and where

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it's leading us where quantumprocesses might already be
happening inside of our brains.
In our brains, quantum magic isalready possible.
We've just yet to tap into it.
I like to be educated, but I'mso frustrated.

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Hello to my loneliness.
I guess that endurance is bliss.
Take me back to before the noonRewind.
Take it out of queue.
Innocence can be a young man'sdream.
So I promised in the previousepisode that I was going to do a
few series on quantum physics,quantum computing.

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I think it's a fascinatingtopic.
I think it is something thatwe're going to start hearing
more and more about, mostlybecause it feels like it's this
science fiction type of conceptwhere you know you got time
travel and all these differentthings, and I love kind of
talking about these newtechnologies, not only to help

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explain them, but hopefully sothat we can understand as a
society, as communities, how wecan leverage these technologies,
how we can have an interest insome of these new technologies
and new concepts, mostly becausethey're already going to be
happening.
There's already going to bepeople that are investing in

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these things.
So this is not some weirdconspiracy theory type stuff.
No, there are actual billionsand billions and billions of
dollars that are being investedinto figuring out some of these
problems.
So it's only right that, associety, as humans, as
communities, that we also arepaying attention and also

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tapping into the potential thatsome of these new concepts and
some of these new theories canbring.
So what is quantum right?
What is quantum?
I really want to just lay thefoundation here and just break
it down as simply as possible.
Quantum really equals the mosttiny, weird, powerful things

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that you can think of in ourworld.
It is taking our world andshrinking it down to the tiny,
small parts of our entire being.
Right, so we're talking aboutthe rules that control particles
that are even smaller thanatoms.
So electrons, photons, thingsthat you can't even see, things

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you cannot see.
That is essentially whatquantum is.
It is the science behind thatsmall, tiny world that exists
between electrons and photonsand those other things that we
cannot see.
And in that world, in thatworld, normal, normal rules just
don't apply in that world, inour world right now, if I walk

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into a room and I see a lightswitch, that light switch is
either on or off.
Right, the lights are on, thelights are off.
That's very simple.
In our world, in this quantumworld, in this very, very small
world, it can be both on and offat the same time.
So in a quantum world again,this is a world that already

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exists at a very, very smalllevel In this quantum world
again, this is a world thatalready exists at a very, very
small level In this quantumworld that light switch can be
both on and off at the same time, and it's only on or off when
you look at it, when youactually are taking a look at it
.
So, ronnie, I still don't quiteunderstand.

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So think about if you have,let's say, a marble, and it is
just, you know, bouncing aroundin this little box.
I mean constantly.
A marble is just bouncingaround in this little box and
you're trying to figure out atany given point in time, like
where is the marble at Right?
Oh, it's there on the left side, or it's there at the top.
Or it's there on the right side, on the left side, or it's

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there at the top or it's thereon the right side.
But if you can imagine again inthis quantum world, in the
world of electrons and photons,at that very quantum level, that
marble is in all the positionsall at the same time and you
never know exactly where thatmarble is, where that particle
is and how fast it's moving,until you actually can look at

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it.
And at that moment that you'relooking at is you're saying,
okay, well, it's here right now,technically, but it's at all
the positions all the time.
It's kind of a very, very weirdconcept when you think about it
.
And there's a lot of otherthings that kind of go along
with quantum concepts and we'llget into that into another
episode.
But I just wanted to just siton that for a second.

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In a normal world, lightswitches on or off.
In a quantum world, lightswitches are both on and off,
all at the same time, all at thesame time, all at the same time
, all at the same time.

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So how does that equate tocomputers and this concept of
classic computers versus quantumcomputers and things we're
going to start hearing aboutmore in the future?
Well, in today's society, ourcomputers of today, the phones
that we have today, the laptopsand the iPads that we use today.
All those computers essentiallyjust use what they call bits.
So these are just zeros andones that talk to the computer
literally like a light switch,like on and off, on and off.

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So a computer doesn'tunderstand anything else but
these zeros and ones, where zeromight be off and one might be
on, and a combination of thesezeros and ones is what makes up
words to the computer and howthe computer understands.
What do you mean when you clickon a button or when you pick up
your phone and you're talkingto people or you're sending text

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?
At its most basic level, thecomputer only understands zeros
and ones, only understands zerosand ones.
A quantum computer againquantum computers they can be
both zero and one, or both atthe same time, again at a
quantum level.
Remember, we have the normalworld light switches on and off.

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Quantum world it could be onand off at the same time.
Normal computers talk in zerosand ones.
Quantum computers talk in zerosand ones, and zeros and ones at
the same time.
Okay, so what does this actuallymean?
Well, this allows quantumcomputers to basically solve

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certain problems exponentiallyfaster than classical computers,
and the reason that's the caseis because our iPhone, right now
, and our laptop and our iPad,whenever it's trying to, let's
say, solve a problem, it has totry every single scenario, kind
of one at a time.

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Really, imagine if you weretrying to get into a door and
you're trying to use a key and aclassical computer right now.
Yeah, you're trying to useevery single one, right?
This key doesn't work, this keydoesn't work, this key doesn't
work and you just keep trying touse every single one when a
quantum computer, a quantumcomputer, can try every key at

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once, instantly, at the sametime.
So finding out the key thatworks for that door, finding out
the key that works for thatdoor, can just happen
immediately because you triedall the keys at one time.
So what problems could thishelp us solve using quantum
computers in the real world?

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Well, you got medicine and drugdiscovery, so the ability to
simulate molecules and cells, todesign drugs for cancer,
alzheimer's, all these otherdiseases, dying drugs for cancer
, alzheimer's, all these otherdiseases.
So medicine and drug recoveryis one.
Climate and energy, chemicalreactions to create cleaner

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energy or carbon capturesolutions, those types of things
, but here are the big ones inmy mind.
Security.
Quantum computers could cracktoday's encryption systems.
So the things that we are usingwhen we send a text I send you
a text and you send me one back.
Those texts, hopefully, ifthey're on the right platform,

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those are encrypted texts.
If somebody was to interceptthe message that I sent you on
my phone, they can get themessage, but they can't
understand what it says.
It's going to be encrypted.
Well, quantum computers cancrack some of today's encryption
systems, so that it's going tobe harder, maybe to send secure

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texts and send secure messagesand send secure email to folks
all over the place.
That can absolutely be crackedusing quantum computers.
But at the same time, at thesame time, maybe these quantum
computers can create unbreakablecodes using the quantum
encryption right.
So security is going to besomething that's going to be

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impacted by these new quantumcomputers.
But, last but not least,artificial intelligence AI,
powered by these quantumcomputers, could process data in
new ways.
It could come closer tomimicking the human's brain and
flexibility, so it can reallyaccelerate AI and everything

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that AI is going to be trying todo with robots and so on and so
forth.
And speaking of kind ofmimicking the human's brain,
let's take a moment to talkabout this for a second.
So quantum activity couldabsolutely already be happening
in our brains.
Matter of fact, inside of yourbrain you have brain cells, are

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tiny tubes that some scientistsbelieve, some believe could
actually support quantumprocessing.
So if this is true, if this istrue, if these tubes, if these
tiny tubes are in our brain,then your brain might already be
doing quantum computing fordeep problem solving, creativity

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, some believe evenconsciousness itself.
Traditional neurosciencebelieves that brain activity is
electrical circuits andchemicals firing off in our
brains.
That's what's normallyhappening in traditional
neuroscience in our brains.
But with these new quantumtheories, our brain actually is

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something far more advanced thanthat way, way more advanced
than that.
It's using these quantum states, that ability to look at all
the possibilities at the sametime, to process multiple
realities at once.
That is something that ourbrains are doing all the time.
Multiple realities at once,that is something that our
brains are doing all the time.
And so, if this is true, ifthis is true, our minds might be

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capable of processing realityat much, much deeper levels, at
much deeper levels than what weare processing right now.
There is some proof that allthis is possible already, that
quantum activity is already inmother nature.
It's already existing.
Nature is already using thesequantum concepts.

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Birds, for example.
Certain birds are usingbasically magnetic navigation to
sense the earth's magneticfield, using quantum
entanglement in their eyes, andthey're able to kind of navigate
using this earth's magneticfield.
Plants photosynthesis we allknow this.
Plants are able to capturesunlight and they can do it with

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almost near perfect efficiencybecause light particles explore
multiple paths on that plant allat once and it's able to choose
the right path that that plantneeds from that particular
sunlight.
That is quantum processes atwork.
And there's so many otherexamples of this happening in

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nature chemical reactions, so onand so forth.
So the key message here is thatif nature has figured out how to
use quantum mechanics, why notthe human brain?
Why not the human brain?
The human brain has some of thesame materials, some of the
same environment that some ofthese things in nature have.
So why can't us, as humans,actually use quantum mechanics

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to figure this thing out andtrust and believe, trust and
believe?
We have a lot of billionaires,a lot of trillion dollar
companies that are exploringthese concepts.
This is not science fictionAgain.
This is actual work that ishappening right now because
we've heard we've all heard themyth right is happening right
now because we've all heard themyth right, oh, we only use 10%

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of our brains.
But where the truth is, weactually, as humans, we use most
of our brain.
We do use most of our brain.
It's not like, oh, we only use10% of our brain.
The difference is we use mostof our brain, but not all at
once, not all at once.
Right, so we use our brain, butwe're using a little bit here

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for that or we use a little bitover there for that.
But when we talk about quantummechanics, quantum physics,
quantum foundation, it's notabout capacity.
When it comes to our brains,it's more about performance.
How can our brains performfaster and more efficiently,

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tapping into all of ourprocessing material and
processing potential inside ofour brains, if these tubes
enable quantum processes, we mayhave mental capabilities we
don't even fully know about yet,we have no access to yet until
we are kind of tapping into that.
And so what if we could unlockthe quantum power in our minds,

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right?
What if we could tap into whatmight already be there in our
brains?
I mean, creativity couldincrease, Our problem solving
and thoughts could besupercharged in terms of
creativity, intuition, we mighthave better access to those gut

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feelings that we all have,because our brains can can
analyze multiple realitiesbeneath the obvious.
Right.
Healing, I mean, if the mind istruly a quantum connected thing
, that's connected to the body.
I mean we could develop newways to heal trauma and disease
or even aging Enhanced decisionmaking we talk all the time
about oh, critical thinking isdead.
Imagine thinking throughmultiple futures or scenarios

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all at once, thinking about allthe scenarios all at once before
making a decision.
That is a supercharged quantumbrain.
That is happening and again,it's looking like the
capabilities are already there.
So you know, we're not thereyet in terms of figuring all
this stuff out.

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There's a lot of work to bedone, but quantum biology is
absolutely growing, it is beinginvested in, it is growing and
this intersection of quantumcomputing, neuroscience and AI,
I think is again is going toredefine human potential over
the next 50 to 100 years in alot of different ways, and I

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think you're going to startseeing people live longer and
perform faster and all thesethings, because we just know
more about our brains and howour body works.
And so, in closing, I believethe future is quantum.
The future is quantum.
The universe operates on thesequantum rules already.
Nature is already using it.

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Our brains might be using italready as well.
The technology is actuallywhat's starting to slowly catch
up, and so the question isn'twhether quantum will change our
world, it's really how soon willit change our world?
And maybe, just maybe, it couldchange what we think it means
to actually even be human.

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So the next time you feel a gutinstinct or you have a creative
spark out of nowhere, we shouldask ourselves was that just
brain cells, neurons firing off,or our minds tapping into
something much deeper, somethingquantum?
The future may not just befaster computers.

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It may be unlocking the quantummind within all of us.
This is the Scratchwork Podcast, where we don't fear the future
.
We create it.
One thought, one idea, onedream at a time.
Thank you.