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[–] 0 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

but that bit is not only 1 or 0, which means that a qubit isn't binary.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    It is only a 0 or 1. A qubit has never been observed to be anything else.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    True, but they have the third state of superposition giving them a total of 3 possible states; 0, 1 and both simultaneously

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Superposition really is just a mathematical notation to predict how the qubits will behave. It's arguably nomological not ontological. No one has ever in history measured or detected or observed a qubit to be in this "third state." It's always found to just have a bit value of 0 or 1. The mathematical book keeping is just a way to predict that 0 or 1 and doesn't describe a third state.

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