Alie Ward
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Well, a lot of people.
Because that same math problem, when beep-booped by an existing supercomputer, would take years to solve.
How many years, you wonder?
10,000 years.
So what would take a supercomputer 10,000 years to calculate?
Sycamore did it in 200 seconds.
Like three and a half minutes.
So quantum computing, it might save us.
It might kill us.
Either way, get hype.
But so you don't think that it's going to replace all supercomputers?
Okay.
Jennifer Coyle wants to know, a therapist once suggested to me that one day a physicist will prove the existence of God.
Thoughts?
That's going to be a no from you, dog.
Got it.
Okay.
Old Uncle Dad word here popping in to say everyone is entitled to their own spiritual beliefs, just so long as it's not oppressing or screwing up other people's lives.
But if you're wondering if scientists tend to be atheists at a higher rate than the general public, that's a yes.
Rice University sociologist, Dr. Elaine Howard-Uckland had the same question.