Canadian Prime Minister Explains Quantum Computing

“Normal computers work...either there’s power going through a wire or not. It’s one or a zero. They’re binary systems,” Trudeau said. “What quantum states allow for is much more complex information to be encoded into a single bit.”

Justin Trudeau’s appeal may have just found a new dimension.

The Canadian Prime Minister was asked about the deployment of airstrikes against ISIS at a press conference on April 15, but the reporter had inserted a joke about quantum computing beforehand. 

Trudeau took the bait, and launched into an explanation of the quantum computer. 

Don't interrupt me. When you walk out of here, most of you will know more about quantum computing.

— Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister