Scott Aaronson

(1981) Computer Scientist United States

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Scott Aaronson is a computer scientist from the United States, best known for Quantum Computing Since Democritus.

Quick Facts About Scott Aaronson

Born: May 21, 1981
Nationality: United States
Profession: Computer Scientist
Notable works: Quantum Computing Since Democritus
Spouse: Dana Moshkovitz

About Scott Aaronson

Scott Joel Aaronson is an American theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary areas of research are computational complexity theory and quantum computing.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Alan T. Waterman Award Messenger Lectures Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers ACM Fellow ACM Prize in Computing

Quotes by Scott Aaronson

Again and again, I've undergone the humbling experience of first lamenting how badly something sucks, then only much later having the crucial…

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Again and again

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If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no…

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Appreciate

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If you always win, then you're probably doing something wrong.

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Funny

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“By any objective standard, the theory of computational complexity ranks as one of the greatest intellectual achievements of humankind -- along with…

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Success

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If poor people can vote, one of the main things they vote for is to redistribute money to themselves.

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Election

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Quantum mechanics is confusing and consciousness is confusing, so maybe they're the same.

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Confusing

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