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Diamonds Key To Quantum Computing
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Scientists P. Neumann, N. Mizuochi & co. have advanced quantum computing by finding a new method to get two-way and three-way, high quality quantum correlations that persist for hundreds or thousands of microseconds, even at room temperature. Their paper (subscription required) describes how they manipulated electrons from nitrogen vacancies in diamond using microwaves to entangle adjacent carbon-13 nuclei. Even better, this builds on previous results which indicate that diamonds with nitrogen impurities may be the key to creating useful quantum computing devices. The article provides a good description of what nitrogen vacancies are and why they prove useful."
How nice now... The first quantum computer on the market will have to use diamonds.... So what will that mean? A $8 million price tag?
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So quantum computing is science now? Has anybody ever observed superposed quantum states? I don't think so. QC is based on an unobserved interpretation of QM. It's based on a conjecture. It is not science as science is defined. And the fact that this crap is being published in peer-reviewed journals does not say much about the sanctity of peer review. When someone shows me a cat that is both alive and dead at the same time, I will believe in QC. Until then, it is just pure unmitigated hogwash and voodoo superstition.
Peer review is an incestuous mechanism whose purpose is to keep outsiders at bay. Science is thus immune to public criticism and ends up feeding on itself, producing monsters. Paul Feyerabend was right when he wrote in 'Against Method' that "the most stupid procedures and the most laughable results in their domain are surrounded with an aura of excellence. It is time to cut them down in size and give them a more modest position in society." Some so-called scientists should be ashamed of themselves.