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.
How will quantum computing change the world? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about the development of quantum computing and what it means for humanity with theoretical physicist Michio Kaku.
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