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Let’s talk about quantum 2.0: why we need to sharpen up our language

24 Apr 2023 Robert P Crease

Quantum technology could benefit from us finding less spooky ways to describe the weird phenomena on which they’re based, argue Robert P Crease, Jennifer Carter and Gino Elia

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Words matter Our inability to find the right language to describe quantum phenomena could be holding back the development of quantum technology. (Courtesy: iStock/Anadmist)
Superposition, entanglement and other baffling facets of the quantum world are now the driving force

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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