I think part of your issue is there's a lot of interest in QC (given the hype) on the part of "ordinary" computer scientists (I include myself here) who don't h

I think part of your issue is there's a lot of interest in QC (given the hype) on the part of "ordinary" computer scientists (I include myself here) who don't have the background in physics to really understand how it works. A lot of people believe this may be the next "big thing." And we're always afraid of being left behind.