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A comment on Google’s quantum computing plans threatened by IBM curveball.

Re:Google’s quantum computing plans threatened by IBM curveball by api on Saturday October 21, 2017 @02:09AM (#15520882)
Wouldn't it be interesting if the effort to simulate a quantum computer led to some fantastically novel mathematical insights about quantum mechanics...
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Re:Google’s quantum computing plans threatened by IBM curveball by emerged on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:43AM (#15521809)
Good point, simulation is one of the best ways to understand something. Having to go through and design something which exhibits the same behaviors you've observed is basically the exact process of developing a deeper understanding of that thing.
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Re:Google’s quantum computing plans threatened by IBM curveball by 0xdada on Saturday October 21, 2017 @02:20AM (#15520904)
That actually sounds almost inevitable at some point, given how little we know about QM.
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Re:Google’s quantum computing plans threatened by IBM curveball by vecter on Saturday October 21, 2017 @04:09AM (#15521127)
Why do you say that we know very little about QM?
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