Alpha-Sierra-Charlie t1_j2imgzo wrote
Reply to comment by MeteorOnMars in can someone explain the difference between quantum computing and classic computing in simpler words? how can quantum computing benefit us from a consumer perspective? by village_aapiser
So it can essentially run a lot of calculations in parallel?
Futechteller t1_j2injfn wrote
It is much stranger than this, there is nothing that happens in our normal macro scale life that is comprable to it. Things on a small scale behave way differently than our intuition allows for. The actual probablities of different outcomes interact with each other in a physical-like way. The single photon "double slit" experiment demonstrates this. 1 photon goes through two holes with equal probabilities, and the probabilities bounce off of each other making a new probability distribution as if they were waves bouncing of each other in the ocean. Nobody really knows why and the smartest people on the planet disagree as to why. What they agree on is ow to use this weirdness to make huge calculations very easily.
MeteorOnMars t1_j2inhym wrote
Yes. But, only for some kinds of calculations that are looking at combinations or choices between things.
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