[HN Gopher] Entanglement between superconducting qubits and a ta... ___________________________________________________________________ Entanglement between superconducting qubits and a tardigrade Author : caymanjim Score : 49 points Date : 2021-12-16 17:15 UTC (5 hours ago) (HTM) web link (arxiv.org) (TXT) w3m dump (arxiv.org) | akomtu wrote: | The future of quantum computers: scientists watch how a few | tardigrades navigate a labyrinth, make notes in complete silence | and with a straight face expression update the chalkboard filled | with GR/QM equations. | [deleted] | _joel wrote: | Does this mean the spore drive is on it's way :) | otikik wrote: | They should have put Paul Stamets in the references at least. | zepto wrote: | Obviously quantum entanglement is how the tardigrade remains | connected to the subspace mycelial network. I'm surprised they | don't mention this. | ggfgg wrote: | Please don't give me flashbacks to that horse crap. | lawrenceyan wrote: | The dream of a quantum bear has been realized. | selimthegrim wrote: | As Jeff Kimble used to say, it's the dreams stuff is made of. | jhgb wrote: | "Consider a spherical tardigrade in vacuum..." | dash2 wrote: | Is it like Schrodinger's Tardigrade? | ajb wrote: | Not unless they kill it conditionally on the value of a qubit. | But in fact they 'merely' affected some charges on the | tardigrade. Its living/dead status was not entangled. | TheOtherHobbes wrote: | Although with tardigrades, it's not as if anyone can tell. | | I hope this is not the beginning of quantum tardigrade | computing. (Because that has Netflix Original all over it.) | thehappypm wrote: | Is this parody? | mikewarot wrote: | I'm not sure what the practical outcome of this will be, but the | quantum woo community is going to have a field day with it. Ugh! | colordrops wrote: | What does that even mean? The term "woo" is so condescending | and useless. | dogma1138 wrote: | I guess they mean the "What the bleep do we know?" and CCC | (not chaos computer club) crowd | zwkrt wrote: | Well what's condescending and useless is the crowd of people | that, in absence of any understanding or genuine interest in | the subject, use words and phrases from quantum mechanics to | enforce their beliefs or sell snake oil to others. I can see | the books and blog posts and motivational videos now: | | "Entangle yourself to your successful universe" | | "Science proves life is quantum" | | "What entanglement to life proves about our spiritual path" | | " | colordrops wrote: | All ideas have more or less merit. Address them | individually based on their grounding in facts and evidence | rather than a priori bucketing an arbitrary subset of ideas | with a label. It's no different than calling people | "libtards". You mention "woo" with annoyance before anyone | even said anything, indicating a strong bias. | zwkrt wrote: | Look, it's just a convenient term for working scientists | to use to categorize a group of people who are not worth | listening to at all (in the scientific realm). Quantum | physics gets a lot of this because it's spooky but all | fields experience some amount of quackery. Think people | who send P=NP proofs to universities, "alternate" | historians, flat earthers, and the like. | | Imagine if there were coding boot camps that were | entirely based on developing a good vibe with the | computer, and didn't involve learning about how to write | code at all. People go in, "learn" something, but then | they try to get a coding job and fall flat on their face | because they don't actually know anything. This is | exactly the state of quantum physics re: the general | public. I would guess as a scientist it would get | demoralizing. | varelse wrote: | Nah. Ridicule them ruthlessly and bring back the shame to | being an idiot. One idiot's quantum entanglement with a | tardigrade is another idiot's claim that antifa created | the tornadoes that devastated Kentucky. Can't they see | how much they have in common with each other? | lisper wrote: | You pretty much nailed it: "woo" is something that is so | useless as to be worthy of condescension when it is presented | otherwise (which woo invariably is). | dr_dshiv wrote: | Demand operationalization of "woo"! Otherwise, it's just | another form of self satisfied group think | roywiggins wrote: | Quantum woo is just standard woo (a constellation of | beliefs in things like "energy healing", "crystals", "law | of attraction") dressed up with "quantum" words ( _quantum_ | healing, _quantum_ crystals). It 's just as silly with or | without the quantum stuff. | | In previous eras it was magnetism, or radio, or "mesmeric | waves" or whatever. It's the same stuff dressed up in | whatever the modern cutting edge science words are. | jkhdigital wrote: | > The animal is then observed to return to its active form after | 420 hours at sub 10 mK temperatures and pressure of 6x10^-6 mbar, | setting a new record for the conditions that a complex form of | life can survive. | | !!! | 29athrowaway wrote: | Blaze it | quadcore wrote: | I think we should throw a tardigrade at a black hole | ortusdux wrote: | We've already bombarded the moon with them... | | https://www.wired.com/story/a-crashed-israeli-lunar- | lander-s... | dogma1138 wrote: | Do you want cthulhu? | varelse wrote: | I want cthulhu. Don't let the pandemic ruin your sense of | fun. | [deleted] | pjs_ wrote: | Incredible. They paused his ass | account-5 wrote: | There's a joke here somewhere about entangling an NTF to the | thing it's meant to convey ownership of, and thereby negating all | criticism of NFTs... 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