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Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer


Not sure if you should choose A or B? Do a unix fork on the universe to guarantee you made both choices. Maybe a more appropriate name is 'quantum coin flip'.

I'm keeping math low in this post, but this just means the universe makes a 50/50 decision about whether the qubit is a 0 or a 1, essentially causing the universe to branch in two. But even if you don't believe in many-worlds, I'd argue this is as close as you can get to asking the big man to decide something for you. I genuinely think it's a fun & potentially meaningful way to make a decision.

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