Physics — Quantum Technologies
The quantum properties that point toward consciousness as fundamental are not abstract claims. They are the properties that an entire generation of technologies is being built around — deployed in hospitals, banks, and research labs around the world, and advancing rapidly.
The connection
The Not Two Foundation's physics case rests on a set of quantum properties — non-locality, entanglement, superposition, the inseparability of measurement from what is measured. These are not philosophical positions. They are experimentally established facts that have been verified millions of times in laboratories worldwide.
Quantum technologies are built entirely on these properties. Every quantum computer exploits superposition and entanglement to perform calculations impossible for classical machines. Every quantum cryptographic system relies on non-locality to guarantee security. Every quantum sensor uses coherence to achieve measurement precision beyond any classical limit.
When a quantum technology works — and they work — it is because the quantum properties are real. The same properties that underpin NTF's argument are the ones being engineered into working systems. The technology is the proof of concept.
These are not abstract claims — the same quantum properties that point toward consciousness as fundamental are the properties that an entire generation of quantum technologies is being engineered around.
The landscape
Quantum technologies span six distinct lanes at different stages of maturity. Three are deployed at scale today. Three are in active development with early deployments underway. Together they represent the largest coordinated engineering effort ever built on quantum mechanical foundations.
Deployed — operating at scale now
Quantum sensing
DeployedThe most mature quantum technology. MRI scanners are quantum sensors. Atomic clocks — the basis of GPS — use quantum coherence. Gravitational wave detectors like LIGO use quantum-enhanced measurement to detect distortions smaller than a proton. Already embedded in infrastructure billions of people use daily.
Quantum cryptography
DeployedQuantum key distribution is commercially deployed in banking and government infrastructure across Europe and Asia. Security is guaranteed by the laws of physics — any attempt to intercept a quantum-encrypted message disturbs the entanglement and reveals the intrusion. Classical encryption cannot offer this guarantee.
Quantum metrology
DeployedUsing quantum effects to achieve measurement precision beyond classical limits. Deployed in atomic clocks, navigation systems, and geological surveying. The international standard definition of the second is based on quantum transitions in cesium atoms — a quantum effect at the foundation of global timekeeping.
Emerging — active development, early deployment
Quantum computing
EmergingIBM, Google, and Microsoft are building quantum computers that exploit superposition and entanglement to perform calculations impossible for classical machines. Still error-prone at scale but advancing rapidly. Google's 2019 quantum supremacy demonstration was a significant milestone. Practical applications in drug discovery and optimization are expected within this decade.
Quantum communication
EmergingBuilding toward a quantum internet where entanglement enables provably secure communication across any distance. China has deployed a quantum satellite network spanning thousands of kilometers. Early quantum repeater networks are operational in several countries. The structural parallel to non-locality is direct.
Quantum simulation
EmergingUsing quantum systems to simulate other quantum systems — with applications in drug discovery, materials science, and climate modeling. Arguably the near-term application most likely to produce transformative results. Google and IBM both have active programs. Early quantum simulations of molecular behavior have already outperformed classical approaches.
Connection to the convergence
Quantum technologies do not directly prove that consciousness is fundamental. But they establish, beyond reasonable doubt, that the quantum properties on which that case rests are real, operational, and expanding in scope. Non-locality is not a laboratory curiosity — it is the mechanism by which quantum cryptographic systems guarantee security. Entanglement is not a philosophical abstraction — it is the resource that quantum computers exploit to outperform classical machines.
Physics establishes the empirical ground. Cognitive science explains why we don't perceive the unity the physics reveals — evolution built an interface optimized for survival, not truth. Philosophy explains what individuality is within that unity — a dissociative process, not an ontological boundary. Biology shows that living systems operate as information fields, not machines — consistent with a reality in which consciousness, not matter, is primary.
Each discipline arrives independently. Quantum technologies provide the engineering proof that the physics is real. The same properties. The same foundations. Working, every day, at scale.
The field was never divided. The distance was never real. Quantum technologies are built on that fact.
Tracking developments
Quantum technologies are advancing rapidly. This page is maintained as a living record — updated as significant milestones occur across all six lanes. The goal is not to track every development but to note the ones that strengthen or complicate the thesis that the quantum properties underpinning NTF's argument are real, operational, and expanding in scope.
Latest — April 2026
ANU Bell test with momentum-entangled helium atoms — published in Nature Communications, February 2026. The ANU team achieved the first Bell inequality violations using massive particles in motion, extending non-locality beyond photons to matter itself. The most significant physics result since the 2022 Nobel Prize. Directly strengthens the thesis that non-locality is a fundamental feature of reality, not a laboratory peculiarity of light.