The problem of irreversibility in quantum mechanics and living systems

V. M. Eskov^a, M. A. Filatov^b, T. V. Voronyuk^c, E. G. Melnikova^c, A. Yu. Kukhareva<sup>c

a</sup> Surgut Branch of Federal State Institute “Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Surgut, Russian Federation
^b Surgut Branch of Tyumen Industrial University, Surgut, Russian Federation
^c Surgut State University, Surgut, Russian Federation

Abstract: In his publication in Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk on quantum consciousness, M.B. Mensky (2007) integrates all three of V.L. Ginzburg's “great” problems into a unified framework, focusing on the issue of irreversibility at the molecular level within thermodynamics. This irreversibility, representing the motion of matter, is typically compensated for by statistically averaged values such as temperature, pressure, and entropy. However, in biological systems, these constants do not apply. Due to the Eskov–Zinchenko effect, statistical averaging becomes inapplicable, leading to a state of fundamental uncertainty. Consequently, new approaches are required to address these complexities.

Keywords: statistics, irreversibility, the Eskov–Zinchenko effect.

DOI: 10.51790/2712-9942-2024-5-3-06