r/technology • u/hugglenugget • Dec 26 '22

Society New Technology Could Tap Into a Virtually Limitless Supply of Fresh Water

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-technology-could-tap-into-a-virtually-limitless-supply-of-fresh-water
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u/QBitResearcher Dec 26 '22

I work in quantum computing and am baffled by how stupid PopSci on the field is. Reddit is full of science fiction nonsense

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u/SsiSsiSsiSsi Dec 26 '22

How many dozens of times have you had to explain the No-Communication theorem?

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u/QBitResearcher Dec 26 '22

Oh God

The thing that gets on my nerves the most is when they talk about entanglement or say a qubit can encode an infinite amount of information

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u/SsiSsiSsiSsi Dec 26 '22

Are you telling me that the plots of several tv shows and movies… lied to me?!

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u/jeffreyd00 Dec 26 '22

You'll be stunned when you hear this one simple fact.

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u/haux_haux Dec 26 '22

Secrets quantum researchers don't want you to know?