On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> > > On 5/7/2019 11:52 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 1:07 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 5/7/2019 9:53 AM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < >> everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 5/6/2019 11:11 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >>> >>> Not at all. In fact a quantum computation only works because all the >>>> wrong answers have a high probability of being eliminated by destructive >>>> interference...which requires that they be computed in the same world. >>>> >>> >>> So prior to the computation, all of the wrong answers existed? >>> >>> >>> There is no answer until the output is measured. >>> >>> >>> Brent >>> >> >> >> Then what did you mean by "all the wrong answers have a high probability >> of being eliminated". Eliminated from what? >> >> >> I mean not showing up as the answer. >> > > And they don't show up because... ? > > > Their amplitude in the superposition is small. If you've got something to > say, just say it. > > > Brent > You seem to be avoiding the implication that the system starts in a state where all possible answers, both wrong and correct exist. Jason > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/everything-list/5f2d2482-b270-96fe-ad17-12e6ec542fce%40verizon.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/5f2d2482-b270-96fe-ad17-12e6ec542fce%40verizon.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUh99tTFxH86KVSz_BKgtbKq9EAW8U_ANtWvCT%3Ds5u1YpA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
