The Quantum Computing Smokescreen
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:35 am
Quantum computing has been hyped a lot recently, both in mainstream media and in the alternative community. Here is a quote from a recent article that made me think of how quantum computing might be a smokescreen to divert the public's attention away from some other key research going on:
"Building a quantum computer has been called the 'space race of the 21st century' – a difficult and ambitious challenge, with the potential to deliver revolutionary tools." -- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... other.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The space race in the 60s was dominated by the Apollo moon mission, which I believe was a smokescreen for another race going on behind the public scene that was about Soviet vs U.S. military preeminence in space. The most important first step during the cold war was to put satellites in orbit around earth, and that was in the U.S. done by the at the time secret agency NRO, not NASA which acted as a peaceful public front.
Today, the quantum computing race smacks of the same kind of incredible promise as the moon mission in the 60s. This thread is about examining quantum computing to check whether it is a viable technology or a fabricated hype of vapor-tech to deliberately divert our attention away from some other research or activity going on.
I don't know how quantum algoritms work and when I tried to find information about that topic I only found vague descriptions, sometimes followed by incredibly complicated math leaving me as puzzled as before. I will check some more information about the topic to see if my suspicion is justified or just conspiracy theory paranoia.
"Building a quantum computer has been called the 'space race of the 21st century' – a difficult and ambitious challenge, with the potential to deliver revolutionary tools." -- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... other.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The space race in the 60s was dominated by the Apollo moon mission, which I believe was a smokescreen for another race going on behind the public scene that was about Soviet vs U.S. military preeminence in space. The most important first step during the cold war was to put satellites in orbit around earth, and that was in the U.S. done by the at the time secret agency NRO, not NASA which acted as a peaceful public front.
Today, the quantum computing race smacks of the same kind of incredible promise as the moon mission in the 60s. This thread is about examining quantum computing to check whether it is a viable technology or a fabricated hype of vapor-tech to deliberately divert our attention away from some other research or activity going on.
I don't know how quantum algoritms work and when I tried to find information about that topic I only found vague descriptions, sometimes followed by incredibly complicated math leaving me as puzzled as before. I will check some more information about the topic to see if my suspicion is justified or just conspiracy theory paranoia.