/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9100170
>>All this talk and no one seems to achieve anything
yeah because it's really fucking hard.

>>Is quantum computing a meme?
Far from it. So quantum computing could be used to do a bunch of cryptography bullshit, but fuck that, the real application of quantum computing is molecular dynamics.

So it's really fucking hard to simulate molecules and shit. Figuring out where electrons is fucking hard man, but we need to do this so we can figure out what the forces in a molecule are. Most often we don't fucking do this because it takes like a goddamn long time to figure out where they are, like a day even for small molecules.

When we do, we just figure out where the electrons are once and assume they don't fucking change much, and then guess what forces are with fucking springs that approximate things. So instead of a molecule going zip-zop-bippity-bop, it just goes boinga-woinga-woing when we simulate it.

Well this fucking sucks because our simulations aren't that accurate. So if we want to simulate stuff moving around, well we need to figure out where the electrons are for each step. Simulations like this tend to take months and even then still aren't that accurate.

Quantum computing could let us figure out where the electrons are FAST. Like sonic fast, maybe even in minutes!

If we can do this shit fast we can figure out how to make drugs, organic solar cells, new materials, and nanotech FAST! This will change the world a heck of a lot more than the government being able to decrypt all your anime porn.