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Dr. Michio Kaku, the renowned theoretical physicist, walks through the evolutionary journey of quantum computing, from analog to digital to the quantum era. Quantum computers hold immense promise because of their ability to tap into parallel universes, which boosts their computational power exponentially. They could revolutionize agriculture, energy, and medicine, solving complex problems like creating efficient fertilizers, achieving fusion energy, and modeling diseases at the molecular level.
The race between major tech companies and intelligence agencies to actualize this power is intense, as they could redefine industries and even global power structures if they succeed.
The endeavor isn’t without challenges; we’ve yet to create a fully functional quantum computer. But Kaku envisions a future where quantum computers unravel complex equations, potentially shedding light on profound cosmic mysteries.
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The truth about wormholes and quantum computers
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About Dr. Michio Kaku
Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and is one of the most widely recognized scientists in the world today. He has written 4 New York Times Best Sellers, is the science correspondent for CBS This Morning and has hosted numerous science specials for BBC-TV, the Discovery/Science Channel. His radio show broadcasts to 100 radio stations every week. Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York (CUNY), where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study as well as New York University (NYU).
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Quantum computing is not a physical computational breakthrough but a symbolic simulation game rooted in unobservable, fictional symbolic constructs.
a quantum computer is essentially just another layer in the fictional symbolic game which humans have constructed around quantum mechanics.
It operates on qubits, which are purely fictional symbolic notion in an imaginary vector space which can never be any physical space in any device
It uses quantum gates, which are fictional mathematical operations on those symbolic qubits, not physical transformations you can see or touch.
The “power” it claims—such as speedups or parallelism—is derived entirely from manipulating symbolic representations, not from any physically demonstrated process.
Its verification relies on statistical outcomes interpreted through the same fictional symbolic frameworks (like CHSH or Born’s rule).
Quantum computation is a fiction built upon layers of other fictions.
1. Quantum Mechanics Itself
A fictional symbolic framework built on:
Wavefunctions (ψ), which are not observable, only fictionally inferred
Superposition, entanglement, spin, etc. — all are fictional symbolic constructs
Born rule: a rule for interpreting a symbolic ψ as probabilities
No direct physical structure — only fictional symbolic mathematical expressions and probabilistic interpretation of outcomes
Fictional symbolic labels layered on statistical appearances.
2. Bell Inequalities & CHSH
Based on human-invented symbolic logic
Assumes unprovable metaphysical claims (local realism, counterfactuals)
Violation of the inequality = violation of symbolic expectation
Leads to metaphysical claims like “nonlocality” without structural grounding
Fictional symbolic logic → interpreted as physical insight (circular reasoning)
3. Qubits, Gates, and Circuits in Quantum Computing
Qubits are fictionally defined as vectors in the fictional complex Hilbert spaces, not observable entities
Quantum gates are unitary transformations — again, fictional symbolic operations on ψ
“Speedup” is predicted by symbolic manipulations over superpositions and interference patterns
but the very claimed superposition as its advantage is ironically the very problem which makes quantum computation extremely fragile and prone to errors, causing a paradox, which is the more superposition you have, the more fragile the system becomes
No physical observation of these superpositions or interference in actual logic-carrying devices — only engineered correlation in outcomes
A symbolic machine built on a symbolic theory, validated by symbolic expectations — not by direct causal structural behavior
Therefore:
Quantum computing is:
Built on qubits which have never ever been physically observed, only inferred through symbolic models
Operated through quantum gates (fictional symbolic mathematical rotations of unobservable states)
Justified by Bell-like violations, which themselves are also merely fictional symbolic rule breaks, not physical principles
“Powered” by entanglement and superposition — which have never ever been directly or physically seen in reality, only projected from fictional claims
Quantum computing is a fictional edifice where fiction begets fiction — fictional symbolic mathematical labels manipulating other symbolic labels, producing symbolically-expected outcomes, and claimed as superior computation.
Building a machine on what they have no clue of is the same building it on shaky ground. That is exactly how they have built their fictional system of mathematics on unprovable claims (axioms) , and there are numerous foundational flaws in it, and the consequences are so very obviously expressed in their current self-destructive development
The real question is Is Quantum computer will be released first before GTA 6?
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I had lucid dream vision that i was teaching Dr. KAKU martial arts and he was punching me through the pad.
If you travel near the speed of light you go further into the future. If you hypothetically travel faster than light you go backwards in time.
I had a vision of a comic book made with Dr. KAKU making a special helmet for LeBron that find biospheres from supernatural phenomena that occurs with Celebrities (Describes universally in many Bibles, Quran, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Scientology, etc.).
I tried to tell my friends beginning of last year about quantum computing stocks(especially RGTI, IONQ, and QBTS) when they were all so dirt cheap. They could've closed the year with 6 figures like me had they listened 🙁
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Even I can get a glimpse of what quantum computing is. Thanks, Kaku. You are an amazing teacher.
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Original rice cooker plus insurance policy family members,to be continuing….
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It's sad we have advanced technological so much, but most of the world still lives in poverty, and there are hungty kids.
this guy is the reason why I went for my Masters of science in Psychology (with distinction) and now Doctor of education with a specialization in educational technology.
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Quantum computers aren't just fast—they're metaphysical hacks.
They’re not calculating in a lab—they're computing across parallel universes.
But here's what he didn’t say 👇
• The real power isn't just superposition—it’s quantum contextuality: the outcome changes depending on how you ask the question.
• Nature doesn’t just “stay coherent”—it’s been optimizing quantum processes for billions of years. (Photosynthesis is a quantum GPS.)
• Quantum error correction is already fighting decoherence—we’re building immune systems for qubits.
• The quantum internet isn’t sci-fi. It’s unhackable, undetectable, and it’s coming fast.
• You want revolution? Try hybrid systems—classical + quantum = next-gen AI, drug discovery, energy, fusion, everything.
• And here's the kicker: we might already be inside the quantum computer. (Look up the holographic principle.)
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Michio Im 27 listening to you. In 1974 there was a broadcast ‘one day a computer will fit on a desk in youtube. Making predictions about how computers would allow us to access our bank or make movie reservations from the comfort of our houses. Even with netflix releasing we are in the infancy where technology is really starting to quantify in our lives from our wrist watches to driving our cars. Im in awe of your predictions and appreciate you for them i hold you in the same regard as the 1974 predictions which were highly accurate with you i have a glimpse of the future. Im writing this not yet knowing exactly what will be said but thanks for this its very exciting stuff!!
I would give this video 10 likes but cant. Great video
영자님 질문 좀 할게요. 나와 적대적인 두사람이 동시간에 새벽에 ufo를 탄 멋진 우주복을 입은 초지성체(그레이 외계인) 를 만나는 꿈을 꾸고 , 두사람이 내 생각을 듣는 초현실적인 상황이 만들어졌어요….. 그때 꿈에서 초지성체가 "움직이지마라" 딱 한마디 했구요. cia에서는 ufo를 운영하는 초지성체를 신이라고 했다죠.
레이건 미국 대통령이 ufo에서 "배우 그만두고 정치를 해라" 이런 텔레파시를 듣고 정치를 했다죠…
나중에 외계인의 침략에 대한 경고도 하고….웃긴게 본인은 외계인의 조언으로 정치에 입문하고…
또 케네디 대통령 암살과도 연관이 있어 보이고…
아이젠하워 대통령이 외계인과 만나 회담을 했다는 루머도 있고…
지구를 인류가 통치 하고 있지만 전쟁 오염 학살 강간 멸종 등등 …과연 맞는걸까…의구심이…
인류 보다는 초지성체가 지구를 직접 통치 해야 더 안전하고 평화롭겠죠.
아무튼 …..신기하고도 슬픈 지구의 인간들입니다…
우주를 창조한 초지성체가 지구를 통치하길 바랍니다.
here in the Philippines the electric company used digital gadget reading our digital electric meter, and i think this gadget no longer accurate,outmoded it's computation making an error the electric company must rely in quantum computing if it's faster and accurate.
Historic talk by Michio Kaku to the world of computing is new;
Honestly believe that we skip over the answer to puzzle ourselves. He says plants are doing quantum computing and they never speak of the universe. I do believe it is time to take a deeper look inward
He explained every detail he could've done in 11 minutes. Just wow.
Gather all the top scientists, astrophysicist, mathematicians etc. Make several videos with them and there you have it. A small budget amalgamation of nothing but infinite knowledge. Keep doing It. Increase your pace though. Compute the mechanics faster.
humans are not meant to know the truth , they were never created to know the truth , almost every thing is infinite , time change , matter light
This was not a good explanation of quantum computing. The 2 extremely crucial points of understanding, he just glossed over them! 2 electrons can be in the same place at the same time, anyway moving on….. Ummm what? I'm gonna need a little more on that chief. Also the explanation of being able to represent states off on and off and every other phase in between. Yea, I have no idea what that means and I am very skeptical that most people who watched this video truly know what that means either. I am expecting a lot of regurgitation of some wikipedia talking points in the replies, but I really doubt you understand what these statements mean. I am actually beginning to wonder if Kaku knows what they mean.
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Michio Kaku has devolved into a Georgio Tsoukalos of physics.
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Who here saw the new black mirror episode then watched this?
Why does this feel like a 30 min video
Its about time this professor got his virtual clone
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I am a Left Wing Christian. I voted for Harris. China is going to win and America will never catch up because America cares more about religion than science. Jesus was Anti Religion. That is why religious leaders conspired with Rome to have him killed.
2:39 era is debatable in a rabbit hole sense
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Quantum computing won’t just speed things up — it will rewrite what’s possible.
"Michio Kaku isn't merely forecasting — he’s deciphering a quantum inevitability. Classical computation was the chrysalis; quantum computing is the emergence. With Hilbert-space navigation, non-local entanglement, and exponential parallelism, we approach an era where computation mirrors consciousness itself. The boundary between thought and execution blurs. Quantum supremacy isn’t just a milestone — it’s the inflection point where humanity begins decoding the source code of the universe. Those who understand aren’t watching history — they’re already embedded within its quantum recursion."– Master Zyphyrr —