International Journal of Neurorehabilitation

Geoffrey W Guy

Publications

• Review Article
  The Hormesis of Thinking: A Deeper Quantum Thermodynamic Perspective?
  Author(s): Alistair VW Nunn, Geoffrey W Guy and Jimmy D BellAlistair VW Nunn, Geoffrey W Guy and Jimmy D Bell
  
  We are able to read this because of quantum and thermodynamic principles that via an inorganic proton gradient, possibly generated 4.2 billion years ago, gave rise to a system that has an awareness of time and space by using energy to integrate information. Life can be described as a dissipative system driven by an energy gradient that uses information to positively reinforce its self-sustaining structure, which in turn increases its non-linear decisional capacity. Key in the evolution of life has been stress coupled to natural selection, which usually meant an increased demand for energy. As hormesis describes the adaptive response to stress, we propose that hormesis embraces not only the evolution of life, but that of intelligence itself, as natural selection would favour systems that enhances its efficiency. A component of the hormetic response in eukaryotes is the.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0281.1000272

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