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Be a Quantum Thinker in a Binary World
In this post, I will explore an analogy between the human brain and modern day computers.
Almost all computers, since their invention, have utilized binary processors. All information stored in a computer is stored as either a 0 or 1 and is known as a bit. A bit is the smallest unit of information we can conceive of. By storing billions of bits, modern binary computers can be very powerful, but they still have their limitations. A new type of computer is being developed, which may one day render the binary computer obsolete.
Companies like IBM and Google are working on developing a quantum computer. In fact Google has already claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy by solving a problem that no binary computer could. Quantum computing is based on principles derived from quantum mechanics. Quantum computers still utilize 0 and 1 but they also allow 0 and 1 to exist simultaneously by using quantum bits, or qubits. As you increase the number of qubits, the computing power increases exponentially. In the past month, we have all learned a great deal about what exponential growth looks like.
Now let us return to the analogy of the human mind. A binary computer can only see things as true or false, yes or no, black or white. The human mind is infinitely more powerful, because we are capable of understanding that there are many…
