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I weep for humanity if that's the best use we can think of for quantum computing.
by jen729w 1y ago
I weep for humanity if that's the best use we can think of for quantum computing.
- breppp 1y agoIsn't most of our technology based on technologies invented to maximize killing in world war 2, or alternatively as a way to maximize monetization in sleazy ways?
- eru 1y agoWorld War 2 took at most about a decade (depending on who you ask). The history of development of our technology is much, much longer. I doubt 'most of our technology' is based on anything that happened in WW2.
- breppp 1y agoThe general sentiment is still true, the reasons for engineering and (often science) are not always nobel (pun intended)
- eru 1y agoSure. I'm just objecting to connecting everything to WW2.
- pfdietz 1y agoIt's just that technologies are all connected, so if you want to make them look bad you can do so. Is fixation of nitrogen into ammonia something that improved billions of lives through fertilizer, or something that enabled manufacture of many millions of tons of explosives? It's both.
- eru 1y agoSure, no question about that. I'm just objecting to connecting everything to WW2. There were plenty of other wars before and after and even at the same time.
- eru 1y agoThere's not actually that many things quantum computers are expected to be good at. Material science perhaps?