>> "I would guess he's thinking of technical applications which are attracting plenty of interest and funding (quantum computers, quantum communications)." > As

>> "I would guess he's thinking of technical applications which are attracting plenty of interest and funding (quantum computers, quantum communications)." > As far as I know nothing usable has come of this. Quantum communications are definitely a thing: https://www.insidescience.org/news/china-leader-quantum-communications https://www.insidescience.org/news/china-leader-quantum-comm... Quantum computing is still at the R&D stage, but if you are an academic, that pretty much defines what "age" you're in: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2620 https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2620 > This is still so vague. I'm just trying to think about how some specific thing (eg, E = hv)[1] is linked to quantum mechanics as an OS. I think the analogy makes sense in terms of what builds on what. You can build an application on top of an OS, you can't build an OS on top of an application. With something like "E = hv" you are looking at an application; it's expressed in terms of kinematic concepts, none of which is intrinsic to QM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_formulation_of_quantum_mechanics#Postulates_of_quantum_mechanics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_formulation_of_qu...