> >> Factorize 11111311111911111111511111111111121212111111111 >> > > > Rain Man? >
Even Rain Man couldn't figure out that 2^57885161 -1 is a prime number as a conventional computer did about a month ago, the number has 17,425,170 digits. This is the sort of problem that quantum computers would be especially good at because it involves factoring numbers, so I don't see why a non quantum computer could so easily beat a human with a brain that could make quantum calculations. And to make a quantum computer you need to entangle particles, and nobody has proposed a plausible way that could be done in the hot noisy human brain. > show me a human as good as a quantum computer for finding a needle in a > haystack. > A human with a magnet? John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
