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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YouTube – Quantum Shorts 2 – Does a Particle Collider Have a Heart

What will machine intelligence think of our inefficient lives?

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This reading is Does a Particle Collider Have a Heart by Em Obra, who lives in Tokyo. Maybe the machines will find us interesting.

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