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Does Google's implementation of quantum computing help with this sort of scenario, or is it a really fancy way of breaking the bridge?

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Yes, and no. Don't ask me rhetorical questions if you don't want a rhetorical answer.

Well you don't have to sacrifice any sticks or bridges to see what happens, so that's a plus.

One could imagine stimulating experiments that are implausible to actually perform.

Yes, but that's nothing new -- we've had computers that were used to solve simulations faster than digital comuters could by setting up electronic (or hydraulic, or pneumatic) parts that simulated the terms of the differential equations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer

Is this quantum computer another iteration on the same concept, or is it solving things that are polynomially harder to simulate classically?

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