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Quantum computing as we know it requires extreme isolation from the environment, usually in the form of vacuum, RF shielding, and extremely low temperatures. I'
by BoppreH 4y ago
Quantum computing as we know it requires extreme isolation from the environment, usually in the form of vacuum, RF shielding, and extremely low temperatures. I'm skeptical of a wet warm mass achieving it.
There are many aspects of nature that we have a good grasp on and evolution has failed to exploit, either at all or at non-insect scales. For example nuclear fission and fusion, neutrino detection, radioactivity, radio communication, superconductivity, and even some low-tech ones like chemical explosives, high speed projectiles, metalworking, cooking, lighter-than-air flight...
- gus_massa 4y agoI agree, very good list. I was just wondering about animals with a methane balloon. It doesn't look impossible. Fish has an air balloon to avoid going to the bottom, so a similar design may be possible.
- osigurdson 4y agoMetalworking and cooking aren’t exactly fundamental properties of nature.
- BoppreH 4y agoPart of those activities is sociocultural, but they are grounded in physical benefits. "High heat makes many nutrients more bioavailable", and "some metals and alloys have excellent mechanical strength compared to organic materials", sound like perfectly good aspects of nature to me.
- osigurdson 4y agoThe fact that cooking and metal working are beneficial to humans does not make them a fundamental property of nature. The article is about quantum computation.