Re: The new quantum chip

2023-12-04 Thread 'spudboy...@aol.com' via Everything List
In the last few years, you predicted a revolution, societally, once we hit the heights in successfully entangled, quantum operations. Have you changed your mind since this prediction?  On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 03:21:46 PM EST, John Clark wrote: Apparently IBM has hardwired a

Re: The multiverse is unscientific nonsense??

2023-12-04 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 9:42 AM John Clark wrote: > On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:24 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > > *> that fact is not central, despite the ramblings on Wikipedia.* >> > > It is my experience that when a debate opponent resorts to disparageing > the accuracy of Wikipedia I know that

Re: The multiverse is unscientific nonsense??

2023-12-04 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:24 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: *> that fact is not central, despite the ramblings on Wikipedia.* > It is my experience that when a debate opponent resorts to disparageing the accuracy of Wikipedia I know that I've backed him into a corner and he's desperate. Would it

Re: The multiverse is unscientific nonsense??

2023-12-04 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 9:11 AM John Clark wrote: > On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 4:29 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > > *>>> You don't have to be a mathematical realist to believe that adding one apple to another apple in the bowl gives you two apples.* >>> >>> >> But what about an orange? If

Re: The multiverse is unscientific nonsense??

2023-12-04 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 4:29 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: *>>> You don't have to be a mathematical realist to believe that adding one >>> apple to another apple in the bowl gives you two apples.* >>> >> >> >> But what about an orange? If you're not a realist and so don't even >> know if "orange" is a

Re: The multiverse is unscientific nonsense??

2023-12-04 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 11:27 PM John Clark wrote: > On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 5:11 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > > *> You don't have to be a mathematical realist to believe that adding one >> apple to another apple in the bowl gives you two apples.* >> > > But what about an orange? If you're not a

The new quantum chip

2023-12-04 Thread John Clark
Apparently IBM has hardwired a new error correcting algorithm into its new quantum chip called "Quantum Low-Density Parity Check" (qLDPC), only 288 physical Qubits are needed (provided the physical error rate is less than 0.1%) to produce 12 perfect logical cubits; with older error correction

NYTimes.com: It Could Be a Vast Source of Clean Energy, Buried Deep Underground

2023-12-04 Thread John Clark
Check out this article from The New York Times. Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. It Could Be a Vast Source of Clean Energy, Buried Deep Underground In eastern France, and in other places around the world, deposits of natural hydrogen

IBM's 2 new Quantum Computers

2023-12-04 Thread John Clark
Today IBM unveiled 2 new quantum computers, one called "Condor" is the largest the company has ever made with 1121 Qubits, up from their 433 Qubit machine that came out last year. The other machine called "Heron" only has 133 Qubits but has an error rate that is 5 times smaller than any the

Re: The multiverse is unscientific nonsense??

2023-12-04 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 5:11 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: *> You don't have to be a mathematical realist to believe that adding one > apple to another apple in the bowl gives you two apples.* > But what about an orange? If you're not a realist and so don't even know if "orange" is a noun or an