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Ep: 89 ”Quantum Information” Chiara Marletto‘s ”The Science of Can & Can‘t” Ch 4 readings and discussion

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Observing Copying and Measuring Quantum Theory

Quantum theory has acquired in the collective imagination the status of a quirky beast that is incomprehensible but worthy of attention because of its weird and bizarre demeanour. The press has promoted the view that quantum theory is destined to remain a complete mystery leaving the good old days of Newtonian physics behind. A generation or two of physicists and science communicators have deliberately at times mystifying and obscuring what quantum theory is all about. We'll come back to this when we speak about observing copying and measuring which is part of this chapter and is a new window into viewing these particular things.

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