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Quantum computers are like kaleidoscopes; Why unusual metaphors help explain science and technology

Quantum computing is like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: You never know what you’re going to get. Quantum phenomena (the behavior of matter and energy at the atomic and subatomic levels) are not certain one way or another. These are vague clouds of possibility, or rather probabilities. When someone observes a quantum system, the system… Read More »