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Re: Quantam: How Long Before Computers Crack Private Keys
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johnyj
on 16/02/2020, 17:56:03 UTC
Quantum mechanics has some solid maths behind it; the big problem is making sense of what that maths means using our poor human brains, which aren't tremendously well suited to the task. I don't think anyone fully understands QM.

Great post!

I used to accept all those things from modern physics programs in university in 1990s. However, after more than 20 years seeing the very slow progress in this area, I start to doubt if those claims are really making a lot of sense, just like segwit: a complex theory that does not deliver on what it promises.

For example wave-particle duality, why particles travel like a wave? I start to lean on the original thought that there must be some medium (Ether), without a medium, things tends to go stright or static, there is no reason they would travle like a wave in vacuum. Wave means there is a force drag the particle back to their balance position once they travel too far away from it. And quantum potential might answer that question but bring other questions

And that spooky action proved by Bell equation, sounds like a magic, but in reality it is a very small difference than classical physics predicted, the difference is so small that you must run the test thousands of times to make sure you see the difference. And that's also why the difference is even less observable once the number of qbuits get large

But still, the fundamental difference between Einstein's glove explanation (Reality were decided before they were observed) and Copenhagen interpretation's spooky action (Your observation change the reality by a small degree) is not answered in a satisfactional way, what is your thought on this?

I just saw this short BBC video during a travel and I think it is quite interesting, but it became unclear when it comes to the test that proves bell equation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6BuYK_PwQ&t=3s

So, without these fundamental problems cleared, it is difficult to believe any claims on what a QC can do, unless it really did it