1. The crazy thing is, qubits can also achieve a mixed state, called a “superposition” where they are both 1 and 0 at the same time.
Like Schroedinger’s cat? (sp).
I thought of the cat when I read the article.
I just read an article that explained quantum computers like this:
The way a regular computer finds an answer is akin to testing mazes one at a time until it finds the right one.
Quantum computers will test all of the mazes at once.
I don’t pretend to understand how the hell the whole mixed state thing works :)
but as a layman, I don’t have to. I just think it’s really cool to read about even if I only grasp about 2 percent :)