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Now reading David Deutsch's seminal paper on #quantum computing from 1985. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall04/cos576/papers/deutsch85.pdf #booklife #physics
Deutsch argued that quantum computers can't be understood without Everett's many-worlds interpretation. #quantum #physics #booklife https://octodon.social/media/68gmh90x1WR0WSC-nak
But he wasn't really right about that, as Scott Aaronson and Zach Weinersmith talk about here: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-3
#quantum #physics #booklife
Aaronson also has this in a more succinct form in the header of his blog. #quantum #physics #booklife https://octodon.social/media/9_WVFjQ1ozzWPk-y7_s
