On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:21 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You keep assuming that because I don't vow allegiance to the MWI faith >> that I reject it. I said I liked it, I'm just not compelled to accept it >> so long has it has not empirical advantage. >> >> > Okay, I understand that position. However, I think right now we are in a > state similar to that time when heliocentrism and geocentrism were debated, > but before either was proven by observations of parallax. Neither theory > has suffered a fatal blow, but there is a theory that is a little simpler. > Would the creation of a working quantum computer that can factor thousand > digit numbers (which not even an Earth-sized classical computer could) be a > parallax moment for you? > > Brent, I would be interested to hear your answer on this. It seems relevant given John Clark's new thread on the creation of a quantum computer that is faster than a classical computer. Jason -- 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.
