What makes quantum computing so hard to explain?

Re:What makes quantum computing so hard to explain? by ahelwer on Thursday June 10, 2021 @09:39AM (#27460610)

It's possible some new paradigm will come along which makes the mathematical model of quantum computation obsolete and renders irrelevant the question of interpretation (QC uses naive Copenhagen by convention) but I wouldn't hold my breath. And even then, like Newtonian mechanics, the mathematical model would probably still be worth learning.

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Re:What makes quantum computing so hard to explain? by TchoBeer on Thursday June 10, 2021 @10:59AM (#27461510)

I don't think QC uses naive Copenhagen by convention? I remember reading something by a quantum computation scientist (maybe it was Scott Aaronson?) who said he prefers many works.

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Re:What makes quantum computing so hard to explain? by ahelwer on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:15AM (#27461672)

What a researcher prefers is different from how quantum programming languages are structured and how the mathematical model is taught: you have a state vector in superposition that is collapsed probabilistically to classical values on measurement.

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Re:What makes quantum computing so hard to explain? by meroes on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:54AM (#27462141)

It is interesting though behind the scenes of this description, David Deutsch really does think the worlds of MWI are interfering with each other to allow quantum computations.

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