On 7/29/2018 10:17 PM, Jason Resch wrote:


On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical
    computers.  There are some algorithms that allow a QC to calculate
    something faster; but the domain and range is the same.

    So absent that reason does it follow that the wave function is
    merely a convenient (and very accurate) tool?


Tool for what?  Predicting probabilities of finally measured values?

What then can we say about the intermediate values and the computation itself?

We can say they all happen in this same world; otherwise they couldn't interfere.

Brent

Does it exist and happen, or does the final result merely materialize magically like the live or dead cat?

Jason

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