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Quantum Computers and the Nature of the Universe
The potential of quantum computers lies in their use of cubits, which offer exponential sets of potential states, making them powerful for processing information. Challenges in quantum computing arise due to the sensitivity of the quantum world, leading to bugs in cubits. Researchers are working on creating safeguards to stabilize cubits, with successful code showing an unexpected link to gravity, space, and time. Theorists are contemplating that space, time, and gravity may be a smoothing out of the quantum world, allowing for existence within it. The universe is not a machine like a car engine, and cultural contexts influence the meanings of words used to describe the cosmos across different civilizations.