Submitted by keghi11 t3_zx86z9 in Futurology
MrZwink t1_j20tvw0 wrote
Reply to comment by Desperate_Food7354 in 11 years ago Michio Kaku talked about mind upload into Machine - Big Think by keghi11
A transtor is a semi conductor. It moves electrons through a semipermeable barrier. This is an interaction at a quantum level. The smaller you make them the more prone to quantum tunneling they become. So no a transistor is not on or off, 0.001% of the time it's both or neither.
There are safeguards in place in computers to check for random bit flips because it is needed. It's called hashing.
Im not saying computers don't work. I'm saying a computer is a machine that processes information on a quantum level. And it is impossible to separate the computer from it's quantum interactions. Heisenbergs uncertainty principle applies wether you want it or not.
You cannot build a house without bricks.
Desperate_Food7354 t1_j20xvsi wrote
I could transfer every bit in my 8 bit computer in a single clock cycle no problem. Computers work in discrete time increments with no uncertainty to when the crystal oscillator will be on or off.
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