ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Phys.
Sec. Social Physics
This article is part of the Research TopicQuantum and quantum-like effects across neuroscienceView all 4 articles
Towards Tunable Advantages of Quantum-Like Teams: The Physics of Interdependent Teams to "Squeeze" Uncertainty
Provisionally accepted
- Paine College, Augusta, United States
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Purpose: Provide a mathematical physics of entropy to organize and operate teams, whether teams are composed of humans, human-machine-AI, or any combination thereof. Method: We review three (3) case studies and two (2) field studies of interdependence. The first case study is of seven-year long oscillations between US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which ended when South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) requested the public's help. The second case study deals with randomness in business merger decisions. The third case study regards the validation crisis in Social Psychology, illustrated by the contrast between self-reports of suicidal ideation and suicide. The first field study explores the advantages under freedom versus Command Decision Making (CDM), and the last study deals with the physics of time-energy uncertainty. Data: Guided by theory, the data provide information from the three case studies to test interdependence theory. For the two field studies, data comes from international data bases (e.g., UN, World Bank; etc.). Results: Limited support provided for classical coupled harmonic oscillators; in comparison, significant support found for interdependent (quantum-like) teamwork. Significance: This study reviews and replicates earlier studies and generalizes to Energy-time uncertainty relationships.
Keywords: Interdependence, quantum likeness, quasi-time crystal, human-machine-AI teams, GenerativeArtificial Intelligence (Gen-AI), Hidden information, coupled physical-mental interference, tunable advantages(squeezed states)
Received: 06 Oct 2025; Accepted: 25 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: William Frere Lawless
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