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Re:Looking at some claims that quantum computers won't work by didgeoridoo on Saturday January 18, 2025 @08:46PM (#42752914)
Isn’t that kind of like saying “complex numbers are a nice formalism, but only the reals actually exist”?

What does “reality” mean, in this context?

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Re:Looking at some claims that quantum computers won't work by AlexCoventry on Saturday January 18, 2025 @08:59PM (#42752969)
"Reality" in this case would be a cryptographically relevant Quantum Computer, as predicted by current Quantum Mechanical calculations which use these 2^n-dimensional Hilbert Spaces he mentions.
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