> Life has its obstacles, but maybe we’re finding there's a method to the madness, and existence isn’t completely aimless. In quantum annealing, barriers need t

> Life has its obstacles, but maybe we’re finding there's a method to the madness, and existence isn’t completely aimless. In quantum annealing, barriers need to be overcome to reach a lower energy state, a better place — and as surely as water flows downhill, it never ends in a worse place than it began. That’s just physics, but it could mean something beautiful: Can someone explain what it means? If it actually does mean anything at all.