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You misunderstand. The same type of history had been identified as a way to get things sold. You can buy the pr for any mediocre technology and it's success i

• krastanov 7y ago
  My point is that this particular technology is very much worthwhile, even if some of the startups are making annoying and misleading claims (DWave for instance, which indeed sells expensive devices that are not quantum computers and do not seem to be that useful). As the technology is developed, the misleading claims will simply fall behind and be forgotten.
  • easytiger 7y ago
    The lie is it will fundamentally and universally replace everything we have in now. That's the sale. Nope.
    • dumbfoundded 7y ago
      Well when that was said about the internet, they were kind of right. I don't know how you would believe quantum computing wouldn't be a huge change unless you thought something like error detection made it fundamentally impractical. It's going to take decades to mature the technology but it will change a lot. As an investment tool, it's much less certain. Capitalism is fluid. If money is easily available, people will start bad companies to get that money. The internet went through a bubble but certainly did change everything.
    • abdullahkhalids 7y ago
      No one has said anything like that. Not even the more "media-savy" startups. Everyone is talking about how on very specific problems you will get some sort of time or energy advantage.