“Teleporting quantum information is now a practical reality,” asserts Deutsche Telekom. The firm’s T‑Labs used commercially available Qunnect hardware to demo quantum teleportation over 30km of live, commercial Berlin fiber, running alongside classical internet traffic. In an email to Tom’s Hardware, Deutsche Telekom’s PR folks said that Cisco also ran the same hardware and demo process to connect data centers in NYC.

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    18 hours ago

    Penrose published a book on it in 1989.

    For literal decades the only thing that ruled it out was the ability for quantum entanglement in the brain. Less than 2 years ago we proved not only was that possible, but quantum super position could be sustained for as long as we’re awake.

    It’s a pretty safe time to be confident, even without accounting for Penrose being the literal smartest person on the planet.

    Like, I’m not big on “appeals to authority” but if Sir Roger Penrose spends 37 years saying something is true, and just continually gets proven more right over the decades…

    It’s not as far reaching as you seem to believe.

    Like, gravity is just a theory too, shit is harder than people realize it is to prove.

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      7 hours ago

      I think you’re doing your argument a disservice by comparing it to theory of gravity. But I do appreciate learning about this hypothesis and that there is actual experimentation going on. Thanks again for sharing.

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        I think you’re doing your argument a disservice by comparing it to theory of gravity

        That’s not a direct comparison…

        It’s the generic comparison to show that “just a theory” includes thing we understand 99.9999% of and definitely exists

        Until we know absolutely everything, it’s still a theory

        But we don’t have to believe in gravity for it to be real

        The point is:

        Just a theory

        Doesn’t mean as much as what people think when they say it

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      11 hours ago

      not a big fan of 'appeal to authority ’

      Literally glazing the guy sloppy style and basing their whole world view on a single random dude. Sorry, on ‘the smartest guy in the planert’.

      Gravity is just a theory

      Ah I see the problem. I opened a thread with the word ‘quantum’ on it. Lmao