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I feel like this is a classic example of a bikeshed. It’s tough to have a genuine opinion about the concept of a light based transistor but it is far easier to
by iovrthoughtthis 8y ago
I feel like this is a classic example of a bikeshed.
It’s tough to have a genuine opinion about the concept of a light based transistor but it is far easier to have an opinion about the words used to deacribe it.
Im not saying your comment isn’t valid, im saying it detracts from other conversation.
See all of the comments below.
- dschuetz 8y agoIt's a transistor switching on single photons. It's not even light. Why not use proper terms instead of marketing mumbo-jumbo? What audience is it adressed to? I like the idea that a single photon is enough to make a transistor switch currents, but I don't like the idea that people read "quantum light and quantum transistors" instead. You are clearly missing the point. It's hard to form a genuine opinion on ingenuine dumb shit like that in that article.
- iovrthoughtthis 8y agoYour reaction seems a little extreme tbh. In effect someone named a complex concept wrong. Is it not better that they wrote about it at all, then that they used the correct names for everything. There’s some space for empathy here imo.