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TheRealOneTwo t1_iyhihns wrote

While this is an important breakthrough for quantum physics, it was a simulation. An actual ER bridge was not actually created, but it was simulated

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AllergenicCanoe t1_iyhm1rx wrote

Why feel the need to re-state what is in the title already? Like literally the 3rd word in the title.

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thruster_fuel69 t1_iyhojb9 wrote

Because it's reddit and kids are stupid af. Get ready for stupid "wormholes are real!" Garbage for the next few days.

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Shuggaloaf t1_iyi9g7q wrote

With some dumbass's "shocked face" on the Youtube thumbnail.

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sinclairish t1_iyitjb5 wrote

Yeah, but instead of starting that here, we could have just entered those wormholes as we got to them.

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Sticky_Quip t1_iyjq7iq wrote

Theoretically they are real. Black holes and the earth being round are both examples of things that were proved mathematically (theoretical) but not observed in reality until many years later. If the math checks out, precedent shows it will one day be physically proven. You know.. assuming no variables or unknown factors are missing.

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NoCommonSenseHere t1_iyihg0c wrote

But this proves that wormholes are real. At least mathematically. This has life changing possibilities, and could go down as one of the greatest discoveries ever. Calling peoples excitement garbage is actually the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

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TheHiveminder t1_iyjmgkz wrote

It wasn't even actually simulated. This entire article is clickbait for the stupid.

https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=13181

> All they did was perform elaborate SYK calculations on a classical computer, together with simulations of noise on the Google quantum computer, trying to find a possible calculation on the quantum computer that would have signal, not just noise. Once such an N=7 SYK calculation was identified, they used a 9 qubit quantum computer and the noisy result matched the simulation result from the classical computer, exactly as expected.

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dflagella t1_iyjnzfv wrote

I mean, what kind of simulation is there other than math on a computer

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TheHiveminder t1_iyjq632 wrote

One that actually models something. A more correct title would be "quantum computer confirms solution to a 10 year old equation previously solved by classical computers, that implies wormholes may exist"

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mermansushi t1_iykrfex wrote

The journalism on this is ridiculously exaggerated, it if you care about fundamental physics it is interesting that they have created a model that is quantum but has the key properties of an ER bridge; it is basically a toy that they can play with to get ideas on how to tackle the real problem. This sort of thing is done a lot in physics and math, it’s not worth all the publicity but if you’re into the search it is interesting…

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Gari_305 OP t1_iyhehoi wrote

From the Article

>"We found a quantum system that exhibits key properties of a gravitational wormhole yet is sufficiently small to implement on today's quantum hardware," U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science research program Quantum Communication Channels for Fundamental Physics (QCCFP) principal investigator Maria Spiropulu, said in a statement(opens in new tab). "This work constitutes a step toward a larger program of testing quantum gravity physics using a quantum computer."
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>Co-author Samantha Davis, a graduate student at Caltech, said in the statement that it took "a really long time to arrive at the results," and that the team was surprised by the outcome that suggests that wormhole-like behavior can be explained from the perspective of both quantum physics and general relativity.

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FuturologyBot t1_iyhhbjr wrote

The following submission statement was provided by /u/Gari_305:

From the Article

>"We found a quantum system that exhibits key properties of a gravitational wormhole yet is sufficiently small to implement on today's quantum hardware," U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science research program Quantum Communication Channels for Fundamental Physics (QCCFP) principal investigator Maria Spiropulu, said in a statement(opens in new tab). "This work constitutes a step toward a larger program of testing quantum gravity physics using a quantum computer."
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>Co-author Samantha Davis, a graduate student at Caltech, said in the statement that it took "a really long time to arrive at the results," and that the team was surprised by the outcome that suggests that wormhole-like behavior can be explained from the perspective of both quantum physics and general relativity.

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/z9mpj8/breakthrough_wormhole_simulation_may_unite/iyhehoi/

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Tempel_Tob t1_iyk4am1 wrote

To think that we can figure out shit like this and are also just weird hairless monkeys is currently blowing my mind

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FIicker7 t1_iykongy wrote

Exciting research.

It will be nice to call my grand kids on Mars with no lag.

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semicon_ t1_iyq6222 wrote

Everything in science with “may” in its report is as good as fuck off

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OliverSparrow t1_iyvw13p wrote

The Sachdev–Ye–Kitaev (SYK) model is an exactly solvable model of strongly coupled systems. This group (which has a reputation for hype and excitability) performed an SYK calculation n a conventional computer - why? 2+2 would have done the same thing - and then mirrored it on a noisy 9 bit quantum "computer". The results matched so there had to be a wormhole connection! However, a 9 bit QC can be exactly replicated on a classical computer so the "quantum" bit is irrelevant. Two computers are fed roughly the same inputs, and then come up with a similar output. Wow! A worm hole is born.

I encountered this in a general publication - The Times - and the messy opacity of the reporting clicked on my bullshit detector. It hasn't stopped clicking since.

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