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Not sure what I think of this. In particular, it seems to be hard-coding effects instead of deriving them from quantum-like rules. This is particularly obvious
by Strilanc 12y ago
Not sure what I think of this. In particular, it seems to be hard-coding effects instead of deriving them from quantum-like rules.
This is particularly obvious if you watch the tutorial video for "quantum teleportation" [2]. Although there is a layout to building the teleporter, it doesn't seem to be related to how actual quantum teleportation is implemented. And the final effect is just a location changer, as opposed to the dual of superdense coding that can be used for fun things like "storing" quantum bandwidth [3].
To be fair, the video and the site[1] both mention this fact:
> qCraft is not a simulation of quantum physics, but it does provide ‘analogies’ that attempt to show how quantum behaviors are different from everyday experience.
I guess I'm just not sure what the goal is. It's a cool mod, but I feel like it will just contribute to the general confusion over what quantum mechanics is. People who use it will learn the names of some quantum things, but have only a vague or even misleading idea of what those things really are unless they go looking elsewhere.
1: http://qcraft.org/about/ http://qcraft.org/about/
2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cebxtWnKx5k&index=4&list=PLU7oY59WpYh7YgIipHx3KHVe8Wl_G99qp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cebxtWnKx5k&index=4&list=PLU...
3: http://strilanc.com/quantum/2014/05/11/Storing-Bandwidth-with-Quantum-Teleportation.html http://strilanc.com/quantum/2014/05/11/Storing-Bandwidth-wit...