The String Theory of Quantum Computing

Alan Rayer: Are there strings in the circuit boards of quantum computers? Or they're just going to say there's strings everywhere. Kaku: It's strings all the way down, as they say. So how does everything you know about strings inform the people trying to perfect a quantum computer? Heisenberg and certainly principle says that nothing can be pure motionless. Therefore, strings have to vibrate. Our universe is the lowest vibrating octave of the string.

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