A bewildering trek into the nature of reality.
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Why all the talk about quantum annealing?
Our universe behaves like it emerges from quantum annealing - a type of quantum computing.
Physics
Like quantum annealing, our universe always trends toward equilibrium; the fundamental fabric of our universe - called a conformal field theory - matches the same math behind quantum annealing; and our universe behaves like it exists on superconducting material - the same material used in a quantum annealer.
Cognition
Human brains exhibit the same statistical properties as quantum annealing. Neural networks called Boltzmann machines also exhibit these properties, and they use the same math as quantum annealing. Quantum versions of Boltzmann machines can be created through quantum annealing, which could explain how human cognition forms and why we observe these similarities.
Biology
DNA programming can be achieved in quantum annealing; a broad range of biology exhibits the same statistical properties as quantum annealing, including genomics, cellular biology, ecology, and evolution; and challenges to current evolutionary models can be resolved under the framework of quantum annealing.
How humanity’s circumstance points to a simulation.