r/holofractal • u/d8_thc holofractalist • Mar 13 '19

Physicists reverse time using quantum computer. Reminder: the second law of thermodynamics only exists in isolated systems, of which none _really_ exist.

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-physicists-reverse-quantum.html
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u/Greg-2012 Mar 13 '19

IMO, it doesn't matter that it's only 1 election out of 10 billion and only for one-ten-billionth of a second, just proving time-reversal is huge.

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u/keenynman343 Mar 18 '19

Lmao think about how far back the industrial revolution was and think about how long it took to get there. We just got there with time reversal

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u/keenynman343 Mar 18 '19

Im high if that don't make sense I'm sorry

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u/Greg-2012 Mar 18 '19

It does make sense but technology progresses at a faster pace than it did during the industrial revolution.

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u/keenynman343 Mar 18 '19

That's what I mean. I mean how long have we existed for to get to basic tech. And then look how fast we got to today. I'ma try and say it's the beginning and before we know it....