Keeper L. Sharkey Quantum Chemistry And Computing For The Curious [work] -

To simulate one entangled electron on a classical machine, you need to track an enormous list of probabilities. For 300 entangled electrons? You would need more bits than there are atoms in the observable universe.

But electrons do not think in bits. They think in superpositions —0 and 1 at the same time, with a certain probability for each. To simulate one entangled electron on a classical

And for the curious? That is the best place to be: at the frontier where we don’t yet have all the answers, but we finally have the right machine to ask the questions. Keep looking up. Keep asking why. The quantum world is not spooky—it is just patiently waiting for us to learn its language. But electrons do not think in bits

But electrons do not obey the rules of our everyday world. They obey quantum rules. A classical electron is like a marble on a table. You can point to it: “There.” That is the best place to be: at