Most are probably too young to remember but nanotechnology was supposed to be the most super amazing thing ever.

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    8 months ago

    Love the phrase “quantum chemistry is hard” because it makes it sound as if it’s difficult for the average person, but I can only imagine it means that the smartest people alive are struggling with it haha.

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      8 months ago

      Some Stephen Hawking level intellect is currently in a basement acting like an angry Jim Carrey because his math just chooses not to work.

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      8 months ago

      Even worse. It’s possible some of it can’t be done with any reasonable amount of classical computation at all, regardless of skill or knowledge. Quantum computers are badly overhyped, but that’s one thing they could definitely be good for.