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Why are Quantum Computers a Thing?

In case you don't want to have to watch a million explanatory videos with perplexing math equations, let me give you the simple version.

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Cathy Davenport Lee
Oct 30, 2025
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If you’re like me and you watched The 3-Body Problem, you might be hoping that quantum computers can contain advanced communication equipment that allows for people to send information instantaneously over huge, interstellar distances.

Nope. Sorry to disappoint you. They absolutely can’t do this. (I spoke to a real human physicist about this, who also ha…

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