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But nobody can figure out anything useful that those algorithms would be good for.

• qzw 8y ago
  For literally centuries, people thought that number theory had no practical applications. Same for a number of other fields of mathematics. Is quantum computing somewhat overhyped at this moment in history? Undoubtedly (but way less so than block chains, I would argue). But that doesn’t mean it won’t ever become practically useful.