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Progress in quantum computing
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 Progress in quantum computing2002-11-29 17:05
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by Flemming Funch

New Scientist reports some progress in quantum computing. In short, as opposed to normal computers that use bits that can be either on or off, quantum computing uses 'qubits' that can be in several states at once. That opens the door to the rather magical possibility of finding all solutions to a given problem at the same time. Practical applications appear to be far off. The current progress concerned the ability to keep one atom away from interferance, while still being able to read what state it is in.


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29 Nov 2002 @ 21:11 by craiglang : Are We Quantum Computers?
Hi Ming,

There are some very interesting biological correlates of the quantum computing paradigm. One of the most interesting, at least to me, is the microtubule model - or quantum neurology. This posits that the cytoskeleton of all cells, but principally neurons, is the core of the quantum computer of the mind. The microtubule is made up of a brickwork of protiens called tubulins, which exhibit quantum behavior. The wave functions of each tubulin interact with eachother, as they do with the zero-point field - which is one idea of how the nonlocal aspects of the mind can exist.

Check out the University of Arizona Consciousness Studies Dept. at the site:
http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu
and look at Stuart Hameroff's writings. I think you will find this fascinating.

Thanx,
-Craig  

30 Nov 2002 @ 00:44 by ming : Quantum Brains
That is very cool. I do sort of have a sense that our brains are doing something like that. I mean, the fact that we can remember pretty much any amount of stuff about our lives, and remember it again, even when we forget it - that does certainly indicate to me that it is something quite different from a bunch of bits in a ROM memory.  

20 Oct 2007 @ 02:19 by Rev. Gus @76.1.177.120 : The religion of the future
I believe science is beginning to close in on what the "soul" really is and what the "Universal Force Of Life" really is. The drive that is eternal and connected to all sentient beings. When the breakthrough finally happens, old time religions with their holy books, divisional states of mind and guilt-ridden theologies will crumble like houses of cards. Free of the cultural conditioning these institutions have imposed on societies all over the world, we will perhaps have at last a portal to true world peace and human harmony.  

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It's good to get a fresh way of loknoig at it.  

18 Aug 2016 @ 06:15 by National drink of Pakistan @182.186.141.16 : Malik
A tragedy around Pakistan is constantly on the worsen when relief resources and guide fall far wanting what is called for. More guide is frantically needed as being the potential for scores of fatalities takes place to loom.  

18 Aug 2016 @ 09:16 by National drink of Pakistan @182.186.141.16 : Malik
The particular tragedy inside Pakistan continues to worsen since relief products and support fall far in short supply of what is necessary. More support is anxiously needed because the potential for countless fatalities commences to loom.  

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