[[Quantum Computer|Quantum computing]] and other [[quantum technologies]] have been a lot more present in mainstream media recently. For us as scientists, we welcome this newfound interest in physics with open arms, as it is always enjoyable to see the general public interested in science, and especially, in quantum physics. Scientists spend their whole academic life developing and training very specific skillsets for their work in the lab or the office. Therefore, there will always exist an unavoidable knowledge gap that both scientists and science communicators must bridge in order to bring the beauty of science to the masses. For the specific case of such an abstract topic as [[Quantum Mechanics|quantum physics]], it is very common to use analogies and metaphors to bridge the aforementioned gap. While these metaphors are made to encapsulate a physics idea that is not present in our day-to-day experience, they very often lack the physics context in which they are best understood. As an unfortunate consequence, not all metaphors or simplified explanations give quite the right image of what is actually going on. The goal of this section is to showcase some of the most common ones we have seen in popular media and try to set the record straight. Below you will find different phrases and headliners that we have heard among friends or media about [[quantum mechanics]] or [[quantum technologies]] which are very often misleading. We will provide more background to see why these statements can be problematic and present the nuances and the context in which they can be best understood. - [[Nobody understands quantum mechanics]] - [[Quantum is completely random]] - [[A quantum computer tackles all possibilities at the same time!]] - [[A bit is either 1 or 0, but a qubit can be everything in between|A bit is either 1 or 0, but a qubit can be everything in between]] - [[Quantum computers will solve climate change! |Quantum computers will solve climate change!]] - [[Quantum computers harness the power of the multi-verse|Quantum computers harness the power of the multi-verse]] - [[This quantum company has developed a new chip with 1000 qubits, leading the quantum race! |This quantum company has developed a new chip with 1000 qubits, leading the quantum race! ]] - [[In 10 years, you will have the power of quantum computers in your laptop |In 10 years, you will have the power of quantum computers in your laptop]] - [[Is the quantum hype warranted]] - [[Quantum computers will break all security protocols in the coming years!|Quantum computers will break all security protocols in the coming years!]] If you have more concrete questions, or find more statements around media that we could tackle, feel free to [[Contact|contact]] us!