A new type of quantum computer has smashed every record

[dogofwars]

And how would you encode morality without using religion,...[ ]....

I have this way outside the box belief that traditional religion actually discourages human development of ethics or morality.

Somebody said that for a society to function, there has to be an unprovable reward and unprovable punishment.

But quite frankly, a higher human state would require the willingness of individuals to do the right, moral, and ethical things, for no other reward than to feel fulfilled with the inner peace it would provide.

If you accept the endless dogma that doing good will get you to "heaven", and doing evil will send you to hell, the only thing it provides in the way of character development, is to cause people to remain fearful, selfish children. (And maybe buy the pope a new ermine robe or two).

If you do good for its own sake, without hope of compensation or punishment, you might theoretically become your own god.

The time worn platitude goes, "cleanliness is next to godliness". When what we really should be contemplating is, "altruism is godliness".

I like to make thing simple. Assumption is the mother of all ****-up and religion is a form of assumption because it based on a believe which is also in part assumption. Think about it

 

[wiyosaya]

And how would you encode morality without using religion,...[ ]....

I have this way outside the box belief that traditional religion actually discourages human development of ethics or morality.

Somebody said that for a society to function, there has to be an unprovable reward and unprovable punishment.

But quite frankly, a higher human state would require the willingness of individuals to do the right, moral, and ethical things, for no other reward than to feel fulfilled with the inner peace it would provide.

If you accept the endless dogma that doing good will get you to "heaven", and doing evil will send you to hell, the only thing it provides in the way of character development, is to cause people to remain fearful, selfish children. (And maybe buy the pope a new ermine robe or two).

If you do good for its own sake, without hope of compensation or punishment, you might theoretically become your own god.

The time worn platitude goes, "cleanliness is next to godliness". When what we really should be contemplating is, "altruism is godliness".

Absolutely agree with this, Captain.

IMO, organized religion looks to have those it infests looking to those in the organization for the stairway to heaven, and in so doing, empowers those in the organization instead of the individual. As I see it, it is a survival mechanism for those in the organization; after all, if the individual was empowered, would any individual need to have anyone in organized religion preach to them?

As I see it, it is a byproduct of the economic fallacies that you and I once discussed.

The truth is, as I see it anyway, we all have that power within us and it is quite a bit different from what society tells us that we have. Here are a couple of links that should make anyone think twice about the nature of reality. https://www.dreaminglucid.com/wp-co...ll-Lucid-Dreaming-Experience-ginny-miller.pdf
https://www.dreaminglucid.com/wp-co...Dreaming-Experience-Self-Directed-Healing.pdf

Back on topic - I think this is an interesting concept. It sounds like it does not require that the computing medium be kept at cryogenic temperatures - which will bring the cost of the device way down, and may also lead, one day, to quantum computers being ubiquitous.

 

[captaincranky]

"Quantum computing is progressing in leaps and bounds"
perhaps even a … quantum leap?

Dude, that's almost as bad a pun, as Scott Bakula is an actor...

 

[cliffordcooley]

Dude, that's almost as bad a pun, as Scott Bakula is an actor...

That's only because you and I are old enough to know it is a pun.

 

[koblongata]

The future has an alchemist steampunk vibe to it, I like.

 

[Orlando Silva]

Quantum supremacy, the moment that the best quantum computer is better than the best traditional computer, is approaching rapidly

Yeah? And what exactly does this mean? It has to beat the general-purpose calculation efficiency first of all, and then become accessible and cheap. I doubt this will happen any time soon, so not sure what's your meaning of "better" in this instance.

Most of us will never Need a quantum computer. We can do most of our tasks with todays computing power in our PC or smartphones. What we might need are more energy efficient devices, not more power.

 

[senketsu]

Dude, that's almost as bad a pun, as Scott Bakula is an actor...

actually when I posted I wasn't thinking about the TV show, I had forgotten about it. I was thinking that the phrase has now entered general usage.
From Cambridge English Dictionary: quantum leap
definition: great improvement or important advance in something
example: It was a revolutionary generation of computers that was a quantum leap beyond anything on the market.