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Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl... by OscarCunningham on Friday June 29, 2018 @04:52PM (#17427781)
There's a famous study somewhere showing that people interpret phrases describing probabilities differently.

By "significant chance" do you mean something like 10% or something like 70%?

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Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl... by dreamcompiler on Friday June 29, 2018 @05:39PM (#17428042)
He means (-40 + 17i)%.

Sorry, couldn't resist :-)

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Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl... by ScottAaronson on Friday June 29, 2018 @06:07PM (#17428213)
Yes, that's PRECISELY what I meant.
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Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl... by OscarCunningham on Friday June 29, 2018 @05:43PM (#17428079)
I think you have to find the "perdec" symbol on your keyboard. That way you'll get a percentage when you square it.
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