[ExI] John Preskill on Quantum Computing

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Jun 14, 2018, at 9:55 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:03 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> >> Given that Preskill is one of the world's leading experts on quantum information and is the Richard J Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology
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>> > ...is an appeal to authority, and says nothing about the statements to which I objected.
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> An appeal to authority is not always without merit. If a professor of physics at Caltech says something about physics and Adrian Tymes says he's dead wrong and is just spewing pablum I think it is a tad more likely that Mr. Tymes has misunderstood the professor than that the professor has misunderstood physics.

Imagine it were a professor of philosophy at, say, Oxford and John Clark says said Professor is dead wrong and is just spewing pablum, isn’t it a tad more likely that Mr. Clark has misunderstood the Professor than that the professor has misunderstood philosophy? 

Couldn’t resist that. ;)

Regards,

Dan
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