The Grover algorithm is a form of accessing information from other
worlds. Of course the worlds need to be prepared in just the right
way, of course...
On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 01:01:32PM -0400, danny mayes wrote:
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> I'm not one to shy away from what others would perceive to be "unbridled
> speculation," however there are a few fundamental problems with the idea
> set forth by Jeanne. First, to the best that I understand, there is no
> evidence that we will ever be able to access the information of the
> parallel outcomes (worlds) in question. We can access the processing
> power of the other worlds, but the laws of physics seem to prevent our
> pulling information from another "world" into our world given the
> collapse that happens at the end of a computation (when we get our
> result from a quantum computer). So the idea seems to be prohibited by
> the laws of physics. And lets not even get into the proof problem.
> It's sort of like UFO's. Is it easier to believe that someone is
> crazy/seeing things/misinterpreting stimuli, or that they really are
> seeing other worlds/aliens? Spectacular claims require spectacular
> proof, and I don't see how this idea presents the prospect of any
> proof. Perhaps, if someone could in a statistically significant way
> predict future events or the location of hidden items, like remote
> viewing, could provide evidence, but there would still have to be some
> way to establish the link between that phenomena and other worlds.
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