Measuring the temperature of objects at a nanometer-scale has been a long challenge, especially in living biological samples, because of the lack of precise and reliable nanothermometers. An international team of researchers has realized a quantum technology to probe temperature on a nanometer-scale, and have observed a 'fever' in tiny nematode worms under pharmacological treatment. This strengthens the connection between quantum sensing and biology and ushers in novel thermal imaging technologies in biomedical research. (1)
We try to project things we know into other beings. And based on that, deduce conclusions that only we can understand. No, a worm cannot have a ‘fever’. It does not feel a fever. You cannot tell to the worm it has a fever. The boundaries of what we know is not only our language (Wittgenstein) but also our self.
Listen.
The worm is trying to tell you something.
It is not just digging in the dirt for you to grow plants.
It is living its life!
Burn that rosebush!
Do you understand?
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