There is a couple of interesting publications that closely relate to the
topic of QI. The first (08 April 2006; Water: the quantum elixir. New
Scientist) is the claim that unique quantum properties of hydrogen bonds as
the result of zero-point vibrations in the plain water molecule are crucial
for the very existence of life. I hope you can read the entire article, so
here I just recite some QI-related places: "The water molecules report the
DNA sequence to the protein while it is still some distance away", "If the
DNA is distorted due to some defect it becomes more hydrated and the
protein can't make proper contact, instead, it moves to another site -
which is very good biologically".
One more finding is an experiment on negative speed of light, where laser
pulse gets registered at the end of an erbium-laced light fiber before
its peak enters the same fiber at the opposite end (Light’s most exotic
trick yet: So fast it goes backwards?,
http://WWW.world-science.net/othernews/060512_lightfrm.htm).
Although neither of articles directly relate to idea of pure QI computing,
both provide some insights how quantum phenomena can create conditions
favoring transfer and processing of classical information. Taking the
negative light speed as an example to play with - if there can be an
arrangement that would allow real-time (no light-speed delay e.G.
zero-delay system) transfer of a at least a single bit of information
(one can use 8 such units to transfer/process 1 byte, etc ..), then any
classical algorithm of any complexity would take infinitely-small time
to compute. Thus pure Quantum Computing system manipulating
(so far very unstable) qbits could not offer any substantial performance
gain if compared with more stable hybrid zero-delay computing system.
Maybe (hmmm if there are enough smart hackers out there :-)...
Best wishes
Viktoras
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