Ep 96: Computational Universality: Yaron Brook vs Sam Harris response
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Axioms and Turing's Conjecture
Quantum theory is our best working theory of physical reality. We can prove Turing's conjecture that any physical process can be simulated by a computer now because one begins with the laws of quantum theory and one derives Turing's principle. The problem with a classical computer is that if it tries to simulate a quantum system like say the interaction between the electrons forming a bond and an oxygen molecule the computer will be able to do that simulation but only very slowly as it's not a quantum computer. A quantum computer could do something like that efficiently or timely or quickly in which case we'd have a quantum computers.
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