Sunday

[nightdog_barks]

danalwyn, you around? I was reading the May 2nd issue of The New Yorker yesterday, and in their "Annals of Science" series there was an article on David Deutsch. It was fascinating -- quantum computing, bits, qubits, multiverses and the many-worlds theory, Shor's algorithm and the "where is the computation taking place?" conundrum ... oh my god, so much my brain was melting and SO SCARY COOL. And he's a House fan, which made me smile. Just an amazing read, even if I could barely wrap my mind around even half of it. :-D I'd link to the article online, but it's one of those "subscriber-only" things. If you'd like, I can try to scan the actual pages and make a PDF.

Otherwise ... sunny and warm. Enjoyed Doc Martin and Doctor Who last night. On the sports front, stunned that the Mavericks are up 3 - 0 on the Lakers. Who woulda thought? And still reading At Home and enjoying it greatly.

Comments

[danalwyn]

The problem with physics is that we've wandered so far away from conventional reality we don't really have any reference points we can share with the general public. Considering that the general public is the one that pays our bills, this occasionally has disastrous effects.

Quantum computing is interesting though, although I think it's a lot further in the future then a lot of its adherents realize, or believe. But that, of course, is just my opinion.

[nightdog_barks]

All I can say is, I just love it that there's a field of science where a person can actually say things like "far away from conventional reality" and they're not exaggerating.

:-D