Trying to Impress the Templeton Foundation

Selecting a physics research topic that will impress the Templeton Foundation:

“The Universe is a Quantum Computer” already done by Seth Lloyd

“Black holes are quantum computers” Lloyd again

“Our minds are quantum computers” done by David Deutsch

“Quantum computers can travel backwards in time” Deutsch again

“Quantum computers are  conscious  (but not classical ones)”, Deutsch again

“The God Particle”, damn you Lederman, for stealing my idea

“God and the New Physics”, Paul Davies, yawn

“The Physics of Immortality (the Omega Point)”, “The Physics of Christianity (how Jesus performed his miracles without violating the laws of physics)”.  done by Frank Tipler, WowWee!

“Human consciousness is a quantum gravity phenomenon”, Sir Roger Penrose got there first

“We have no free will, or else electrons would have free will”, says John H. Conway. No way!

“A mathematical proof that we live in a multiverse”, rigorously proved by Max Tegmark

“The theory of everything is anthropic” Susskind, go blow yourself

“Writing essays about Bell’s Inequalities for 40 years makes you a deeply spiritual person”, d’Espagnat’s shtick

“Bayes rule can be used to prove the existence of God”, old hat, done by Reverend Bayes.

“Bayesian networks can be used to prove the existence of God”, Hmm.

“Quantum Bayesian Networks can be used to prove the existence of God…exponentially faster than with classical computers” not bad!

Fundamental Advance in Quantum Computer Languages

U.K.- Oxford University has just published a paper in Nature magazine describing a new quantum computer programming language called QubitPOX (Qubit Programming at Oxford). Academic experts in the field unanimously agree that this new language represents a tremendous improvement over simple quantum circuits because it uses deep principles from Category theory and Haskell. In the new language, a CNOT is represented by the elegant statement:

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Even better, the totally opaque quantum circuit for a 2-qubit quantum Fourier transform is denoted by the beautifully intuitive statement:

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Heretofore, those who wanted to learn how to program a quantum computer using the old fuddy duddy method of quantum circuits were faced with a very steep learning curve. QubitPOX promises to change all that. Simon Gay, an expert in the field, said “I say old chap, brilliant! I predict QubitPOX, because it’s so simple and intuitive, will trigger an explosion of quantum computer programmes. i foresee a golden Shakespearean era for my field”. Here is a pdf tutorial (just 2,098 pages) for QubitPOX. The only prerequisites are a one week introduction to Category theory (trivial for anyone with a math Ph.D.)

Bayesian Networks in the UK

Software with a Funny Accent. Autonomy Corporation is UK’s largest software company (market capitalization of $4Bn). It was founded in 1996 by Mike Lynch (E.E. Ph.D.), billionaire entrepreneur called by the Sunday Times the nearest thing Britain has to Bill Gates. Autonomy’s Bayesian search engines outperform their Google and Microsoft counterparts in certain markets such as lucrative legal and corporate searches. They read data in hundreds of formats (including text, visual and sound ones) and try to connect and interpret it.