More quantum mind-bending
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ciphergothI thought I knew that quantum mechanics was mindbending, but I never anticipated this:
[[Elitzur-Vaidman bomb-testing problem]]
which is now proposed as a new way to build quantum computers!
[[Elitzur-Vaidman bomb-testing problem]]
which is now proposed as a new way to build quantum computers!
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Date: 2006-02-23 07:27 pm (UTC)Though I like this - "Clearly we can accumulate dud bombs by throwing the bombs, one by one, at a wall, and collecting the ones that do not explode." I have to point out that you can only do this repeatedly if they are very small bombs or it is a very large wall...
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Date: 2006-02-23 07:58 pm (UTC)