Post AyMWH3lfqIHTD4G0bg by darkuncle@infosec.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #AyMWH3lfqIHTD4G0bg by darkuncle@infosec.exchange
       2025-09-18T21:14:44Z
       
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       “We construct a task for which the most space-efficient classical algorithm provably requires between 62 and 382 bits of memory, and solve it using only 12 qubits. Our result provides the most direct evidence yet that currently existing #quantum processors can generate and manipulate entangled states of sufficient complexity to access the exponentiality of Hilbert space. This form of quantum advantage — which we call quantum information supremacy — represents a new benchmark in quantum computing, one that does not rely on unproven conjectures.”Nice work by Scott Aaronson and team https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9138
       
 (DIR) Post #AyMWH5BEakJxadDw5Q by darkuncle@infosec.exchange
       2025-09-18T21:22:30Z
       
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       however, the most interesting part of that post may have been the unrelated side note about the rise of “Conspiracy Physics” (and what I see as contrarianism for its own sake):"This resentment of scientific authority figures is the major attraction of what might be called “conspiracy physics.” Most fringe theories are too arcane for listeners to understand, but anyone can grasp the idea that academic physics is just one more corrupt and self-serving establishment. The German physicist Sabine Hossenfelder has attracted 1.72 million YouTube subscribers in part by attacking her colleagues: “Your problem is that you’re lying to the people who pay you,” she declared. “Your problem is that you’re cowards without a shred of scientific integrity.”In this corner of the internet, the scientist Scott Aaronson has written, “Anyone perceived as the ‘mainstream establishment’ faces a near-insurmountable burden of proof, while anyone perceived as ‘renegade’ wins by default if they identify any hole whatsoever in mainstream understanding.””
       
 (DIR) Post #AyMWH6UlhbXZfVN3Am by snarkweek@mstdn.social
       2025-09-19T11:14:04Z
       
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       @darkuncle Not sure if I'm ready to tie Hossenfelder together with conspiracy physics. But I can tell you there was something like the 'Deutsche Physic' already in WW2 and it was specifically about denying what they called 'Jewish physics'. It's interesting to study what theorems they did and did not accept, but ultimately they became the laughing stock.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyMWHAaEVEHwLbxTFI by darkuncle@infosec.exchange
       2025-09-18T21:23:54Z
       
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       Being a contrarian doesn't make you smarter any more than being a cynic makes you smarter. It just makes you more obnoxious to be around.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyMWmuBT0jpSkhVTs0 by snarkweek@mstdn.social
       2025-09-19T11:19:52Z
       
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       @darkuncle In "Was Einstein Wrong about Randomness" she seems on message, but drops weird little remarks that the Block universe is correct and also suggesting that hidden variables could still be real. She also announces going to do a 'longer video' on Bell's, so that's interesting one to watch for then.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyMwsnyLcFmW26qOwK by darkuncle@infosec.exchange
       2025-09-19T16:12:13Z
       
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       @snarkweek I like Sabine too, but I also think she tends towards contrarianism for its own sake (it's become part of the brand)