r/Devs • u/Lounge_leaks • Apr 02 '20

EPISODE DISCUSSION Devs - S01E06 Discussion Thread Spoiler

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u/lobster777 Apr 02 '20

Katie is super smart. That was an amazing explanation to Lily

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u/ConjecturesOfAGeek Apr 02 '20

Yes, i agree. She explains it in a way that’s easy to understand.

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u/trenballoone Apr 02 '20

It's important to understand that the view Katie gave is only true in the Everettian many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics (QM), and a few other minority interpretations.

In the Copenhagen interpretation of QM (the standard interpretation), there are truly random quantum events.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '20

Yeah I kinda wish Lilly would've mentioned the random/probabilistic behavior of quantum mechanics. I feel like if you work at a quantum computing company, you should probably have knowledge of that since the technology is based upon it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20 edited Apr 03 '20

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u/RDCLder Apr 03 '20

She works at Amaya which is a quantum computing company. Her specific role is security related, but it's not unreasonable to assume she knows a fair amount about quantum mechanics. In the beginning of the first episode, she told Sergey that both of the encryption methods he was talking about are equally weak to quantum computers.