Quantum Computing is, at this time, still complete bullshit. There is no conclusive evidence it will ever scale to any useful size. There is a ton of indication it will not, and that is a "not ever in this universe", not a "may require 100, 1000 or 10'000 years to get there". The whole idea is theoreticians with no practical insights into computing running amok and others funding "magic" that they do not understand.
Yes, I get that this will be down-modded because too many people are incapable of facing reality.
Lots of things were seemingly impossible and pointless when people starting studying them. It's interesting and fun anyway to work on these things. It's called exploration. If you have trouble understanding the point, think of it as art or games.
How do you know if something is possible or impossible unless you spend time studying it? Plenty of discoveries were considered nothing but novelties or of no value until decades later.
...transistor? It's pretty big. Imagine if you told the inventor that one day we would put millions of them in a small silicon chip and use it to do many tasks beyond on and off. He'd scoff like you did and try to have you committed.
Quantum Computing is, at this time, still complete bullshit. There is no conclusive evidence it will ever scale to any useful size. There is a ton of indication it will not, and that is a "not ever in this universe", not a "may require 100, 1000 or 10'000 years to get there". The whole idea is theoreticians with no practical insights into computing running amok and others funding "magic" that they do not understand.
Yes, I get that this will be down-modded because too many people are incapable of facing reality.
Quoted against the censor troll mods, but I'd like to see you cite some of the "ton of indication" you mention.
Better the censors should provide some of the evidence. If you say the evidence does not exist and they want to refute you, then that's the obvious solution. (And just to be sure, I checked the discussion for citations. Only found one (repeated) and it did not refute you.)
If you're genuinely interested, the following is a good introduction to some of the big problems with quantum computing. Long, but written in a way that non-specialists can follow. (Though a certain level of technical engineering
understanding will help):
I'm naturally skeptical, so I don't need too much support to remain skeptical. Then again, sometimes I'm trying to be optimistic, but I do want to see evidence, so I strongly felt the onus was on the critics, at least as regards the censorious critics of the FP.
For many years I was at the bleeding edge of various kinds of research. Well, not really the bleeding edge for me, but sort of behind the blade trying to clean up some of the blood as they published their bleeding-edge research papers. As those exper
It won't get anywhere with that attitude. Nor does any progress in any new field. The world has advanced because someone, somewhere is working on something no one else believes in. And out of billions of people, that one person will help change the world. Musk, Einstein, Satoshi, etc
The rest of the people sit on the sidelines talking shit doing nothing. That's what slashdot has become.
You are wrong. This is not the situation at hand. Quantum Computing has gotten nowhere for about 40 years now. The only thing keeping it going is fantasies and hot air.
Quantum Computing has gotten nowhere for about 40 years now.
Prior to the 1970's, personal computing had gotten nowhere for at least 4 thousand years. So what?
And how much research had been invested into personal computing at that time? Right. Because Quantum Computing has _had_ 40 years of intense research and gotten nowhere despite that.
Your statement is just completely stupid, nothing else.
I'm moderately sceptical about quantum computing, but you need to learn the difference between 'nowhere' and 'not yet in my phone'. I saw people make similar arguments about machine learning or PV power. Of course, fusion will be perpetually 30 years away.
Yeah, they said rockets wouldnâ(TM)t work in space because thereâ(TM)s nothing to push against!
And than you look at how much known Physics had to change to get from there to here. Do you think they will have to throw out basically almost _everything_ again? Sounds very far-fetched.
Irrelevant (Score:1, Interesting)
Quantum Computing is, at this time, still complete bullshit. There is no conclusive evidence it will ever scale to any useful size. There is a ton of indication it will not, and that is a "not ever in this universe", not a "may require 100, 1000 or 10'000 years to get there". The whole idea is theoreticians with no practical insights into computing running amok and others funding "magic" that they do not understand.
Yes, I get that this will be down-modded because too many people are incapable of facing reality.
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It'll probably get downmodded because the chances that you know better is a benchmark for "not ever in this universe".
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Haha, yes, let's go back and look at your original post and find all the arguments and insights. Oops, there are none.
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Agreed. Your original post is a classic example.
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Those that have no arguments and no actual insights go AdHominem. A time-honored tradition among the clueless.
But didn't you just do the same thing?
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Thank you random slashdot shitposter. I’ll let all the scientists studying quantum theory know they’re wasting their time.
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Lots of things were seemingly impossible and pointless when people starting studying them. It's interesting and fun anyway to work on these things. It's called exploration. If you have trouble understanding the point, think of it as art or games.
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But 'scientists know all the things!'
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How do you know if something is possible or impossible unless you spend time studying it? Plenty of discoveries were considered nothing but novelties or of no value until decades later.
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Nice argument from authority.
You're not as intellectually evolved as the pre-Socratics.
Have you seen the first... (Score:1)
...transistor? It's pretty big. Imagine if you told the inventor that one day we would put millions of them in a small silicon chip and use it to do many tasks beyond on and off. He'd scoff like you did and try to have you committed.
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Quantum Computing is, at this time, still complete bullshit. There is no conclusive evidence it will ever scale to any useful size. There is a ton of indication it will not, and that is a "not ever in this universe", not a "may require 100, 1000 or 10'000 years to get there". The whole idea is theoreticians with no practical insights into computing running amok and others funding "magic" that they do not understand.
Yes, I get that this will be down-modded because too many people are incapable of facing reality.
Quoted against the censor troll mods, but I'd like to see you cite some of the "ton of indication" you mention.
Better the censors should provide some of the evidence. If you say the evidence does not exist and they want to refute you, then that's the obvious solution. (And just to be sure, I checked the discussion for citations. Only found one (repeated) and it did not refute you.)
Re: Irrelevant (Score:5, Informative)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/comp... [ieee.org]
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I'm naturally skeptical, so I don't need too much support to remain skeptical. Then again, sometimes I'm trying to be optimistic, but I do want to see evidence, so I strongly felt the onus was on the critics, at least as regards the censorious critics of the FP.
For many years I was at the bleeding edge of various kinds of research. Well, not really the bleeding edge for me, but sort of behind the blade trying to clean up some of the blood as they published their bleeding-edge research papers. As those exper
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It won't get anywhere with that attitude. Nor does any progress in any new field. The world has advanced because someone, somewhere is working on something no one else believes in. And out of billions of people, that one person will help change the world. Musk, Einstein, Satoshi, etc
The rest of the people sit on the sidelines talking shit doing nothing. That's what slashdot has become.
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You are wrong. This is not the situation at hand. Quantum Computing has gotten nowhere for about 40 years now. The only thing keeping it going is fantasies and hot air.
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Quantum Computing has gotten nowhere for about 40 years now.
Prior to the 1970's, personal computing had gotten nowhere for at least 4 thousand years. So what?
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Quantum Computing has gotten nowhere for about 40 years now.
Prior to the 1970's, personal computing had gotten nowhere for at least 4 thousand years.
So what?
And how much research had been invested into personal computing at that time? Right.
Because Quantum Computing has _had_ 40 years of intense research and gotten nowhere despite that.
Your statement is just completely stupid, nothing else.
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Re: Irrelevant (Score:2)
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Yeah, they said rockets wouldnâ(TM)t work in space because thereâ(TM)s nothing to push against!
And than you look at how much known Physics had to change to get from there to here. Do you think they will have to throw out basically almost _everything_ again? Sounds very far-fetched.
Re: Irrelevant (Score:1)