  Stapp and others have proposed that reality involves a fundamental life
process, or creative process. It is shown how this process description may be
unified with the description that derives from quantum physics. The methods of
the quantum physicist and of the biological sciences are seen to be two
alternative approaches to the understanding of nature, involving two distinct
modes of description which can usefully supplement each other, and neither on
its own contains the full story. The unified view explains the major features
of quantum mechanics and suggests that biological systems may function more
effectively than would be expected on the basis of quantum mechanics alone.
