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“Some folks think life and technology and mind can keep expanding forever. Others say it can't. We are still not clear on that.”

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Seth Lloyd is a renowned physicist and a pioneer in the field of quantum computing. Born on August 2, 1960, he currently holds the position of Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Professor Lloyd's research focuses on quantum mechanics, quantum computing, and quantum information theory, and his work has had a profound impact on modern physics and computer science. more

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“Quantum mechanics is weird. I don't understand it. Just live with it. You don't have to understand the nature of things in order to build cool devices.”

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Author:Seth Lloyd

“When you zap things with light to build quantum computers, you're hacking existing systems. You're hijacking the computation that's already happening in the universe, just like a hacker takes over someone else's computer.”

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Author:Seth Lloyd

“Programmed by quanta, physics gave rise first to chemistry and then to life; programmed by mutations and recombination, life gave rise to Shakespeare; programmed by experience and imagination, Shakespeare gave rise to Hamlet.”

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Author:Seth Lloyd

“[With quantum computers] you can calculate how many bits are in the universe, how much energy it takes to flip them, how much energy exists, and use that to rule out lots of things about the universe's history. Anything that takes more bit flips couldn't have happened.”

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Author:Seth Lloyd

“We couldn't build quantum computers unless the universe were quantum and computing. We can build such machines because the universe is storing and processing information in the quantum realm. When we build quantum computers, we're hijacking that underlying computation in order to make it do things we want: little and/or/not calculations. We're hacking into the universe.”

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Author:Seth Lloyd

“Yes, I am a quantum mechanic! Those darn quantum computers break all the time.”

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Author:Seth Lloyd

“One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past.”

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Author:Sol LeWitt

“What did Doctor Doom really want? He wanted to rule the world. Now, think about this. You could walk across the street against a traffic light and get a summons for jaywalking, but you could walk up to a police officer and say "I want to rule the world," and there's nothing he can do about it, that is not a crime. Anybody can want to rule the world. So, even though he was the Fantastic Four's greatest menace, in my mind, he was never a criminal!”

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Author:Stan Lee

“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”

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Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“If Shakespeare and Michelangelo were alive today, and if they decided to collaborate on a comic, Shakespeare would write the script and Michelangelo would draw it. How could anybody say that this wouldn't be as worthwhile an artform as anything on earth?”

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Book:Stan Lee: conversations

Source: Stan Lee: conversations