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But many experts now believe that when a particle is identified in one place and condition or state in our universe, it’s simultaneously locked in each of its remaining possible states in other universes. Physicists still debate what the wave-function collapse means, how it works, or whether that’s even an accurate way to describe the phenomenon. ![]() When they are observed, the wave function is said to “collapse,” leaving behind a specific particle that can be measured in a particular state. But in the quantum world, particles exist in superposition-they could be anywhere and everywhere in a wave of probabilities-until they are observed. In the classical world, particles exist in specific, measurable places. And while that sounds like an exotic theory, it’s partly based on something quite mundane: the fact that quantum processes use energy more efficiently than classical processes. He believes that quantum computing derives some of its computing power from other worlds. In essence, “you would have created this very difficult situation for yourself.”īut what if we weren’t planning to spend eternity in the computer? What if, like Deutsch, we just wanted to travel the multiverse to see what our otherworldly counterparts were up to?ĭeutsch, who wrote one of the initial papers in 1985 that proposed quantum computing, is a visiting professor, researcher, and author affiliated with Oxford University. It would have all of your memories it would believe your family was its family, your job was its job, your money was its money-and it would believe it had the same rights as you. 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The biggest news from Microsoft is the company’s move towards a Wii-like controller system, Natal. ![]() Microsoft probably had the most interesting news to give us, Nintendo suffers from a severe case of milking the cow (and who would blame them), and Sony repackaged the PSP, announced a few games, and gave the promise it would come with motion sensing technology at some point in the future too. The E3 is underway, and with OSNews having a renewed casual interest in gaming, I figured I’d summarise the news around the big three console players, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony. ![]() |