HACKER Q&A
📣 toombowoombo

Why is Quantum full of fancy-sounding words?


I understand that it's a complex subject that requires understanding in multiple domains, buuut why does it have to consistently be full of such obfuscated words?

Can all this complex set of knowledge collapse to some concepts that are approachable to the untrained mind in a sort of an intuitive way?

  👤 DemocracyFTW2 Accepted Answer ✓
Which part of $i \hbar \frac{\partial}{\partial t}\Psi(\mathbf{r},t) = \hat H \Psi(\mathbf{r},t)$ is obfuscated?

> Can all this complex set of knowledge collapse to some concepts that are approachable

Sure but first you need a measurement, until then the complex set of knowledge will remain in a superposition of all possible states

👤 Moissanite
There is a fair mix of "genuinely complicated ideas" and "aggressively pretentious domain experts".

Quantum computing in particular is in the early phase of its hype cycle, and is destined for a big fall. Once it bounces back we are likely to see more "democratisation" of the field.

👤 sp332
Any technical field is going to have its jargon. Do you have an example of something that sounds overly fancy?
👤 whatshisface
If it is possible, nobody knows how to do it.