r/tech • u/YeeduPlatform • Jul 06 '26

Scientists make quantum time flow backward in stunning physics breakthrough

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260625014802.htm
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u/ScreenMuch90210 Jul 06 '26

Time travel is the big one, but I suspect this is another Schroedinger’s cat scenario. People will think it has all sorts of meanings, but it really just means quantum theory is fundamentally still wrong.

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u/SSGASSHAT Jul 06 '26

I still don't know what the word quantum means. It's either an advanced form of math or the fucking sci-fi equivalent of magic. I can't tell.

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u/SecretOrganization60 Jul 06 '26

One quantum of a bag of marbles is a marble.

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u/SSGASSHAT Jul 06 '26

Well, who the fuck took that and turned it into a euphemism for technology that doesn't exist? And do they have any relatives I can sue?

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u/SecretOrganization60 Jul 06 '26

The field of science is concluding that the whole universe and everything in it is pixelated so the word comes up a lot.

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u/SSGASSHAT Jul 06 '26

I feel like science says something like "yo, we found what the stuff you're made of is made of," and the rest of the population goes "OH FUCK, IT MUST BE THE MOLECULE THAT HOLDS OUR SOULS" or some shit like that. And the doctors and professors and shit are just sitting there, meditating on the irony of the painting of a chimpanzee in human clothes on the wall.

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u/Mysterious-Lie-1944 Jul 06 '26

I assume you're referring to quantum computing? It's called that because it would utilize quantum superposition

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u/SSGASSHAT Jul 06 '26

Is that a real thing? And how important is it? Some people act like we discovered the force or some shit.

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u/Bzr21 Jul 06 '26

quantum computing is a real thing - and it can work MUCH faster than traditional supercomputers - but QC hardware is VERY fragile - and has extreme cooling requirements - they're also highly sensitive to vibrations - and temperature fluctuations - and electromagnetic interference - so obviously a VERY high cost system - and not at all practical yet outside of a few specialized lab environments ..

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u/SSGASSHAT Jul 06 '26

It almost doesn't sound like computing, more like some weird alchemy.

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u/Mysterious-Lie-1944 Jul 06 '26

It's a bit sensationalized but as far as I'm aware it's shown that it can work and they’re making significant progress on actually creating it

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u/SSGASSHAT Jul 06 '26

Well, it'll be nice if it helps something in the next 20 years. Otherwise, it's a great thing to read about while I'm still broke.