• PonyOfWar@pawb.social
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    4 days ago

    I disagree. A viable quantum computer would be a gigantic technological breakthrough of a kind we haven’t seen in a long time.

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      It would. But right now there’s no guarantee it will ever work. This should be a topic for basic research not for venture capitalist fever dreams.

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        4 days ago

        So we should just stop development on technology if it’s too hard? Maybe stop attempting nuclear fusion as well? That has also been going on for decades.

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          Yes. Put researchers on it and politicians should stop using those unsure technologies as strawman against current feasible green technologies and climate friendly endeavours.

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          No, fusion research is just paper thin disguise for thermonuclear weapons research, so this will get funding no matter what. I mean here especially things going on in places like Z-machine, Laser Megajoule, NIF and such but not only these