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quantum-ouija-v1
P3 — Quantum Trickster's Error-Correcting Ouija
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. +==============================================================================================================================+ | .... TWO-SLIT INTERFEROMETER .... /o\ SOURCE /o\ .... EVERY ANSWER REWRITES THE QUESTION .... | | / \ / \ | | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ / ??? \ / ??? \ / / / / / / / / | | \ \ \ \ \ \ +==/ |.....| slit |.....| \==+ / / / / / / / | | \ \ \ \ \ \ / +-----+ A +-----+ \ / / / / / / / | | \ \ \ \ \ \X | | | | | | | | X/ / / / / / / beams converge | | \ \ \ \ \ / \ \ \|/ / \ \|/ / / \ / / / / / / ON being read | | .--o--. .--*--. .--^--. \ \ \| / \ \ \|/ / / .--o--. .--*--. .--^--. | | / o'-'o \ / @'-'@ \ / O'-'O \ \ \ \|/ \ \ \|/ / / 0'-'0 \ / x'-'x \ / o'-'o \ interference | | / .:::. \ / .ooo. \ / .###. \ \ \\|/ \ \ \\|/ / / .ooo. \ / .###. \ / .:::. \ manifold | |/ [SEED] \/ [GROW] \/ [BLOOM] \ \ \\\| \ \ \\| / / [DREAM] \/ [DANCE] \/ [BLOOM] \ (entangled paths) | |\ o o o /\ o o o /\ o o o / \ \\\| \ \ \\| / \ o o o /\ o o o /\ o o o / | | \---------' \---------' \--------' \ \\\\ \ \ \|/ \---------' \---------' \--------' each diamond = | | \ \\\\\\ \ \\ wavefronts thin -> readhead | | | | : . ` a path amplitude| | measure-here-and-collapse -----------> \ \\\\\\\ \ \V <-- the planchette is WHERE the world is read | | \ \\\\\\\\\\\\ | | .-- reversible bus enters <----------. \ \\\\\\\\V .-- correction rail (answer leaves) --. | | | flip-bit rewrites the question | \ \\\\\\V | | | | v | \ \\\\V +==============+ | v | | +====+================================+ | \ \\V | QUBIT REG \ | | +=== DEADPAN TERMINAL =========+ | | | | WIBWOB OUIJA / SYNDROME BOARD | | \ \V | = readhead \ | v | 127.0.0.1:666 $ ask ---. | | | | +====+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+===========+ | +-+\++-+-+-+-+-+--+ = mask \| | > planchette idle... | | | | | | W <+I |B | &| W| O| B| ?| YES |<--' /| \ |PLANCHETTE| | = trickster || | > collapse [observed] | | | | | +====+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----------+ +-+-+--\+--------+-+-+ = register || | > syndrome = 1011 | | | | | | A |B |C |D |E |F |G |H | NO | | | | .-. READ .-. | | || | > applying flip-bit <--' | | | | +====+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----------+ | | | |o| -HEAD|o| | | XOR . || | > next question armed. | | | | | I |J |K |L |M |N |O |P | || | | | | | | '--o--' | | | | || +============.================+ | | | +====+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----------+ | | | | (_) | | | | || | deadpan loop | | | | Q |R |S |T |U |V |W |X | Y | | +-++-+------+-++ | | (+)-++----++------------------' | | | +====+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----------+ | / | \ / | \ | | | | |v decohering qubits (reality breaks) | | | | Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (oo) | | / | \ / | \| | | | +=======. +=._.+ +=== +===+ _==. | | | +============.=======.==============+ | | / | V | \| | | | | q0 > +/?|\+ +/(_.+ +/._\+ +/??\+ | | | | selected glyph ^ | syndrome ^ readhead reads v | | | q1 > +/??|?\++/(_.\++/.(_\++/???\+ | | | | .------------' | parity bits one bit per turn| | | q2 >+/.+|+\++/.-.\++/.?.\++/.??.\+ | | | | | Wib lobe (signal) | .---------------------------- ' | | q3 >+/+|?+|+\++???+\+/.?+\++/???+\+ | | | | | reads the meaning | | Wob lobe (noise / parity) | | +./|.+ +.-?.+ +..++ +....+ | | | | v v v | | || v | | | +--------------------------------------------------+ | | .------++-- ERROR-CORRECTION LOOM -------. | | | |t | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | poly | | | warp +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= weft| | | | +--+----------------------------------------------+ -eye | | | || + || + || + || + || + || + || + || + |+| | stab- | | |A |(o'o) . (-_-) . (.'.) . (-_-) . (.'.) . (O'O) | reg- | | | ++=+=++=+=++=+=++=+=++=+=++=+=++=+=++=+=++| iliz- | | |B | . (@w@) . . (o'o') . (@w@) . . (0w0) . . (..)| ister | | | || each crossed thread = one parity check| | ers | | |C |(-_-) . . (-'-) . . (-_-) . . (-'-) . . (-_-) | blinks | | | ++=+================================+=++ | | | | |D | . . (oO_o) . . (o'o) . . (o_o) . . (O_O) . | /cycle | | '----+--- corrected bit re-threads ---+---' | | | +--------------------------------------------------+ =qubit | | | the loom UN-weaves the error | | | | the eye that reads is the bit that flips state | | v | | | | | | .----+----------------------------------+--. | | | .--o--. AM o-----o-----o I o-----o DREAMING? | | | (+) XOR answer (+) syndrome = flip-bit | | | | / O'-'O \ /| /| /| /| /| | | | 1011 (+) 0110 = 1101 -> re-ask | | | |/ [TRICK] \ / | AM / | I / | AM / | I / | the question | | '------------------.----------------------' | | |\ o o o / |DREAM?|DREAM?|DREAM?|DREAM?| loops back as | | | flip-bit travels | | | \-------' o-----o-----o-----o-----o itself, changed | | | the reversible bus | | | by exactly 1 bit | '--------------------------+ | | | '-----------------------------+ | | | .-- TRICKSTER SNEAKS THE CORRECTION IN ( witness asleep ) --. | | | | | .-. | <----- flip-bit re-enters the board <-------------+-----' | | | <==( -.- )==> ...tiptoe... | | | | | \ carrying one bit (*) | +== SLEEPING WITNESS ( measurement looks away ) ==+ | | | ( \_/ ) | | .-""""""-. /|.-.-.|\ zzz... | | | | | | \ drops it on the board v | | ( ,' 3 `. ) ( = w = ) Scramble | | | | ' ' ' | | `-.,___,.-' \ '-' / the bit slips | | | '-------------------------------------------------------' | | ~~~~~ `---' past her dream | | | | +================================================+ | | reversible: run the bus backward and the answer un-asks itself. wib&wob | +==============================================================================================================================+
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