To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Space, the final frontier.
Live long and prosper, Leonard Nimoy.
The TV series Star Trek inspired many baby boomers to dream about space travel, and, sometimes, to pursue careers in science and engineering. By far, one of the main attractions of the series was Dr. Spock or Mr. Spock, chief science officer of the starship Enterprise (played by Leonard Nimoy, who passed away a few days ago. RIP). Dr. Spock epitomizes the voice of pure, flawless logic inside everyone of us. Dr. Spock has achieved the rare distinction of becoming a universally known fictional character, an archetype, and a scientist too. I dare say 99% of the population of the world is familiar with Dr. Spock’s looks and quirky personality. This has been true since the first Star Trek episode aired in 1966, and continues to be true today.
“Fascinating code”
(Picture of Dr. Spock programming a quantum computer in PyQMeld)
PyQMeld is a programming language made in the year 2050 by 
. It combines Python, Vulcan mind meld, and quantum Bayesian networks.
P.S. I am currently writing a paper applying Group Theory to quantum computing. The paper is going very well, but it’s still very far from completion. It’s going to be a long one.
Quantum Bayesian Networks 
As a kid I wanted to be just like Spock, all logic and no emotion. Was thrown for a loop when I learned about multivalent logic. But reading R.T. Cox’s excellent treatise on the algebra of probable inference puts me right back (Kingsley recommended it). Obviously a book Spock would approve of, as he clearly was as much Bayesian as Vulcan – always providing probabilities for the various scenarios he’d present to Kirk.
Comment by Henning Dekant — March 1, 2015 @ 5:36 am
Thanks.
Comment by rrtucci — March 2, 2015 @ 8:14 pm