"We couldn't build quantum computers unless the universe were quantum and computing. We can build such machines because the universe is storing and processing information in the quantum realm. When we build quantum computers, we're hijacking that underlying computation in order to make it do things we want: little and/or/not calculations. We're hacking into the universe."

Source : "Q&A: Seth Lloyd". Interview with Jason Pontin, www.technologyreview.com. July 1, 2006.

Seth Lloyd

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