YouTube – Quantum Shorts 2 – Demons Hunt in Darkness

What kind of life is it if you know when and how you will die?

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This reading is Demons Hunt in Darkness by SG Phillips, a PhD student in astronomy with a passion for literature and theatre. They also enjoy long walks in beautiful places. The quantum concepts are free will, math, uncertainty principle, universe and wavefunction. Can quantum indeterminacy help?

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YouTube – Quantum Shorts 2 – Quantum et Circenses

When outrunning wavefunction collapse becomes a spectator sport.

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This reading is Quantum et Circenses by Sabrina Patsch, a German quantum physicist and science journalist. She enjoys reading, making music and writing stories. The quantum concepts are decoherence and wavefunction. Can she get to the finish line before decohering completely?

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YouTube – Quantum Shorts 2 – A World Apart

What has a bluebottle fly got to do with quantum computing?

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This reading is A World Apart by Colm O’Shea, who teaches writing at New York University. The quantum concepts are computing, the multiverse and the qubit. Maybe the fly is a figment of the computer’s imagination.

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