salvatoshi on Nostr: Well, the protest sign was only meant as a joke. Of course, if quantum computers are ...
Well, the protest sign was only meant as a joke. Of course, if quantum computers are possible, people should and will build them!
I'm arguing why I think they are indeed not possible.
In maths, you can use proofs by contradiction: you assume that X is true, and then you deduce something that you know it's false (like 1 = 0). That proves that X is false.
Here I'm taking X = "quantum computers exist", and the consequence is Grover's algorithm.
Of course, I don't know for sure that Grover's algorithm is impossible, so this proves nothing.
It's just my hunch.
I'm arguing why I think they are indeed not possible.
In maths, you can use proofs by contradiction: you assume that X is true, and then you deduce something that you know it's false (like 1 = 0). That proves that X is false.
Here I'm taking X = "quantum computers exist", and the consequence is Grover's algorithm.
Of course, I don't know for sure that Grover's algorithm is impossible, so this proves nothing.
It's just my hunch.