Why I Left Quantum Computing Research @LookingGlassUniverse

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I finished my PhD in quantum computing in 2020. I loved the research, my supervisor and my colleagues were amazing, and the field was booming with new start ups being spun out everywhere. I choose to leave the field anyway. Here's why.

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$I dont know why light slows down in water Supported by Screen Australia and Youtube through the Skip Ahead initiative. Links to the other videos mentioned: Part 1 of this story: https://youtu.be/yP1kKN3ghOU 3Blue1Browns explanation of Feynmans proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTzGBJPuJwM Experiment: If you’d like to try the experiment I did at home then you’ll need a phone with Lidar or you can get a laser meter quite cheaply at a hardware store. If you use an iphone, the app I found most reliable for the measurement was this one: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lidar-measuring/id1535032210 Code: The 3D simulation is here: https://github.com/mithuna-y/speed_of_light_in_a_medium/tree/main/multiple_layers References: The Feynman lectures- “Ch 31: On the origin of refractive index” and “Ch 48: Beats”$