The most important application of quantum computing in the future is likely to be a computer simulation of quantum systems, because that's an application where we know for sure that quantum systems in general cannot be efficiently simulated on a classical computer. David Deutsch applicationclassicalcompute share on social
I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large. David Deutsch derivegoodgroup Change image and share on social
Is the human race a universal constructor? David Deutsch constructorhumanrace Change image and share on social
Quantum computation is... a distinctively new way of harnessing nature... It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes. David Deutsch collaborationcomputationdistinctively Change image and share on social
Science is objective. And in my view we cannot take any experimental results seriously except in the light of good explanations of them. David Deutsch experimentalexplanationgood Change image and share on social
It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment. David Deutsch buildenvironmentgenerator Change image and share on social
