| ConceptID,ConceptLabel,Dependencies,TaxonomyID
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| 1,Classical Computing,,FOUND
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| 2,What Is a Qubit,1,FOUND
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| 3,Superposition Explained,2,FOUND
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| 4,Entanglement Explained,2,FOUND
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| 5,Quantum Measurement Problem,3|4,FOUND
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| 6,Theoretical Promise of QC,3|4,FOUND
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| 7,What QC Could Supposedly Do,6,FOUND
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| 8,What QC Cannot Do,7,FOUND
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| 9,QC vs Classical Computing,1|7|8,FOUND
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| 10,Decoherence Problem,5,BARR
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| 11,Qubits Are Extremely Fragile,10,BARR
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| 12,Error Rate Problem,11,BARR
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| 13,Error Correction Overhead,12,BARR
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| 14,1000 Physical per 1 Logical,13,BARR
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| 15,Million Qubit Requirement,14,BARR
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| 16,Engineering vs Physics Barrier,10|12,BARR
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| 17,No Platform Has Solved It,16,BARR
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| 18,Cryogenic Cooling Requirement,11,BARR
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| 19,Near Absolute Zero Temps,18,BARR
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| 20,Cryogenic Cost and Scale,19,BARR
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| 21,Wiring and Control Problem,18,BARR
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| 22,Energy Consumption Problem,20|21,BARR
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| 23,Infrastructure Cost,20|22,BARR
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| 24,Hardware Scaling Wall,15|23,BARR
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| 25,Connectivity Limitations,11,BARR
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| 26,Superconducting Approach,18|25,HARD
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| 27,Trapped Ion Approach,11|25,HARD
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| 28,Photonic Approach,11,HARD
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| 29,Topological Approach,11,HARD
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| 30,Neutral Atom Approach,11,HARD
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| 31,Platform Comparison,26|27|28|29|30,HARD
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| 32,Each Platform Has Fatal Flaws,31|16,HARD
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| 33,Shor's Factoring Algorithm,6,ALGO
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| 34,Grover's Search Algorithm,6,ALGO
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| 35,Quantum Supremacy Defined,7,ALGO
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| 36,Quantum Advantage Defined,35,ALGO
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| 37,Contrived Benchmarks,35|36,ALGO
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| 38,No Real-World Advantage Yet,36|37,ALGO
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| 39,Narrow Problem Applicability,8|33|34,ALGO
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| 40,Classical Computers Keep Up,9|38,ALGO
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| 41,Feynman's 1981 Idea,6,HIST
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| 42,Shor's Algorithm 1994,33,HIST
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| 43,First Lab Demos 1998-2001,42,HIST
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| 44,"D-Wave ""Commercial"" QC 2007",43,HIST
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| 45,D-Wave Sale to Lockheed 2011,44,HIST
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| 46,Google Buys D-Wave 2013,45,HIST
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| 47,IBM Cloud Access 2016,43,HIST
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| 48,Google Sycamore Claim 2019,35|47,HIST
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| 49,IBM 127-Qubit Chip 2021,47,HIST
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| 50,IBM 1121-Qubit Chip 2023,49,HIST
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| 51,Zero Commercial ROI by 2025,48|50,HIST
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| 52,Timeline Pattern Analysis,41|42|43|44|48|50|51,HIST
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| 53,3-5 Years Away Pattern,52,HIST
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| 54,40 Years of Promises,52|53,HIST
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| 55,Catalog of Broken Promises,54,HYPE
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| 56,D-Wave Exaggerated Claims,44|45|55,HYPE
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| 57,Google Supremacy Overhype,48|55,HYPE
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| 58,IBM Roadmap Revisions,49|50|55,HYPE
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| 59,Startup Pitch Exaggeration,55,HYPE
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| 60,Consultant Hype Reports,55,HYPE
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| 61,McKinsey $450B Projection,60,HYPE
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| 62,Media Amplification Effect,55,HYPE
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| 63,Moving Goalposts Pattern,53|55,HYPE
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| 64,Unfalsifiable Timelines,53|63,HYPE
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| 65,Redefining Success,63|64,HYPE
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| 66,Fusion Energy Parallel,54,HYPE
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| 67,Flying Cars Parallel,54,HYPE
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| 68,Public Key Encryption Basics,1,CRYP
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| 69,Could QC Break Encryption?,33|68,CRYP
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| 70,Massive Qubits Needed,15|69,CRYP
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| 71,Post-Quantum Crypto Exists,68,CRYP
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| 72,NIST Already Has Standards,71,CRYP
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| 73,Harvest Now Decrypt Later,69,CRYP
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| 74,Window Is Already Closing,70|72,CRYP
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| 75,Crypto Threat Is Overstated,70|74,CRYP
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| 76,Return on Investment,,ECON
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| 77,Net Present Value,76,ECON
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| 78,Risk-Adjusted Returns,76|77,ECON
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| 79,Expected Value Framework,78,ECON
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| 80,Probability of Success,79,ECON
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| 81,Opportunity Cost,76,ECON
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| 82,Sunk Cost Trap,76,ECON
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| 83,Total $100B+ Invested,76,ECON
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| 84,Zero Revenue Generated,83,ECON
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| 85,VC Funding Frenzy,83,ECON
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| 86,Corporate R&D Burn Rate,83,ECON
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| 87,Government Funding Pressure,83,ECON
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| 88,Revenue Model Problem,84,ECON
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| 89,Who Pays for QC?,88,ECON
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| 90,Customer Demand Evidence,89,ECON
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| 91,No Paying Customers,90,ECON
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| 92,Classical Alternatives Cheaper,9|91,ECON
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| 93,Cost Per Computation,23|92,ECON
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| 94,Total Cost of Ownership,93,ECON
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| 95,IonQ IPO and Stock Decline,85,ECON
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| 96,SPAC Risks in QC,85,ECON
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| 97,Rigetti Financial Struggles,85,ECON
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| 98,D-Wave Revenue Reality,56|84,ECON
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| 99,Market Valuation vs Revenue,95|96|97|98,ECON
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| 100,Comparable Company Analysis,99,ECON
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| 101,Exit Strategy Problem,99|91,ECON
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| 102,Acqui-Hire as Only Exit,101,ECON
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| 103,Venture Capital Loss Rates,85|99,ECON
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| 104,When to Cut Losses,82|103,ECON
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| 105,Technology Readiness Levels,,TECH
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| 106,TRL Scale Explained,105,TECH
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| 107,QC Stuck at TRL 2-3,106|38,TECH
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| 108,Technology Adoption Curves,105,TECH
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| 109,Crossing the Chasm,108,TECH
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| 110,Gartner Hype Cycle,108,TECH
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| 111,Peak of Inflated Expectations,110,TECH
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| 112,Trough of Disillusionment,111,TECH
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| 113,Technology Forecasting,108,TECH
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| 114,Base Rate of Tech Failure,113,TECH
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| 115,Prediction Track Records,113|114,TECH
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| 116,Science vs Engineering Gap,16|105,TECH
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| 117,Dot-Com Bubble Parallel,118,TECH
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| 118,Technology Bubble Dynamics,110|114,TECH
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| 119,General Purpose Technology,,GPT
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| 120,GPT Characteristics,119,GPT
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| 121,Must Be Broadly Applicable,120,GPT
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| 122,Must Improve Over Time,120,GPT
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| 123,Must Enable New Innovations,120,GPT
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| 124,Steam Engine as GPT,121|122|123,GPT
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| 125,Electricity as GPT,121|122|123,GPT
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| 126,Transistor as GPT,121|122|123,GPT
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| 127,Internet as GPT,121|122|123,GPT
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| 128,AI/ML as Emerging GPT,121|122|123,GPT
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| 129,QC Fails Every GPT Test,121|122|123|39,GPT
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| 130,QC Is Narrowly Applicable,129,GPT
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| 131,QC Cannot Replace Classical,9|130,GPT
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| 132,Cognitive Bias Overview,,BIAS
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| 133,Sunk Cost Fallacy,132,BIAS
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| 134,Confirmation Bias,132,BIAS
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| 135,Anchoring Bias,132,BIAS
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| 136,Bandwagon Effect,132,BIAS
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| 137,Dunning-Kruger in QC,132,BIAS
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| 138,Optimism Bias,132,BIAS
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| 139,Authority Bias,132,BIAS
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| 140,FOMO in QC Investment,132,BIAS
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| 141,Survivorship Bias,132,BIAS
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| 142,Narrative Fallacy,132,BIAS
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| 143,Groupthink,132,BIAS
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| 144,Motivated Reasoning,132,BIAS
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| 145,Information Asymmetry,132,BIAS
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| 146,Bias in Tech Forecasting,132|113,BIAS
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| 147,How Biases Compound,133|134|135|136|138|140,BIAS
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| 148,Systems Thinking,,SYST
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| 149,Causal Loop Diagrams,148,SYST
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| 150,Reinforcing Feedback Loop,149,SYST
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| 151,Balancing Feedback Loop,149,SYST
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| 152,Hype Reinforcement Loop,150|62|87,SYST
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| 153,Sunk Cost Escalation Loop,150|82|133,SYST
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| 154,Career Incentive Loop,150|175,SYST
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| 155,Geopolitical Arms Race Loop,150|87,SYST
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| 156,Missing Balancing Loop,151|152,SYST
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| 157,Leverage Points,149|156,SYST
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| 158,Self-Sustaining Hype Cycle,152|153|154|155,SYST
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| 159,Breaking the Hype Loop,157|158,SYST
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| 160,Gil Kalai's Math Arguments,13,SKEP
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| 161,Dyakonov's Physics Arguments,16,SKEP
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| 162,Controlling 2^1000 Parameters,161,SKEP
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| 163,Levin's Complexity Doubts,39,SKEP
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| 164,Laughlin on Coherence Limits,10,SKEP
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| 165,Goldreich's CS Perspective,39,SKEP
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| 166,Skeptics Have No Funding Bias,145,SKEP
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| 167,Proponents Have Funding Bias,145,SKEP
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| 168,Why Skeptics Are Ignored,166|167|139,SKEP
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| 169,Ethics of QC Education,171|172,ETHI
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| 170,PhD Career Risk in QC,172,ETHI
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| 171,QC Job Market Reality,91|84,ETHI
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| 172,Almost All Jobs Are R&D,171,ETHI
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| 173,What If the Field Contracts?,172|104,ETHI
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| 174,Transferable Skills Debate,170,ETHI
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| 175,Professor Grant Conflicts,87|144,ETHI
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| 176,String Theory Career Warning,170,ETHI
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| 177,Cold Fusion Career Warning,170,ETHI
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| 178,Student Advising Ethics,169|170,ETHI
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| 179,Informed Consent for Careers,178,ETHI
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| 180,Ethical Investment Duty,76|145,ETHI
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| 181,Fiduciary Responsibility,76|80,ETHI
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| 182,FOMO Drives Bad QC Decisions,140|180,ETHI
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| 183,Quantum Sensing,,ALT
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| 184,Atomic Clocks,183,ALT
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| 185,Quantum Magnetometers,183,ALT
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| 186,Quantum Gravimeters,183,ALT
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| 187,Sensors Already Make Money,184|185|186,ALT
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| 188,Sensing Needs Few Qubits,183|15,ALT
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| 189,Quantum Key Distribution,68|183,ALT
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| 190,Risk-Adjusted QS Returns,78|187|188,ALT
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| 191,Classical AI Hardware,1,ALT
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| 192,Alternative Tech Investments,190|191,ALT
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| 193,Portfolio Diversification,78|192,ALT
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| 194,Successful Physics Bets,,PARA
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| 195,Transistor Investment Payoff,194,PARA
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| 196,Laser Investment Payoff,194,PARA
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| 197,Fiber Optics Payoff,194,PARA
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| 198,GPS Atomic Clock Payoff,194|184,PARA
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| 199,MRI Investment Payoff,194,PARA
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| 200,Failed Physics Bets,194,PARA
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| 201,Cold Fusion Losses,200,PARA
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| 202,Theranos Lessons,200|145,PARA
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| 203,Concorde Economics Failure,200|81,PARA
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| 204,Charismatic Founder Risk,202|145,PARA
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| 205,When Scientists Mislead,145|204,PARA
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| 206,The 10 Required Breakthroughs,24|32|38,BREAK
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| 207,Error Rates Must Drop 100x,12|206,BREAK
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| 208,Need 1000x More Qubits,15|206,BREAK
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| 209,Coherence Must Improve 100x,10|206,BREAK
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| 210,Connectivity Must Improve,25|206,BREAK
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| 211,Cryogenics Must Scale,20|206,BREAK
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| 212,New Algorithms Needed,39|206,BREAK
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| 213,Cost Must Drop Dramatically,23|206,BREAK
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| 214,All Must Happen Together,207|208|209|210|211|212|213,BREAK
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| 215,Joint Probability Problem,80|214,BREAK
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| 216,Independent vs Coupled Risks,215,BREAK
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| 217,Each Breakthrough Is Uncertain,80|216,BREAK
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| 218,Critical Thinking Skills,,CRIT
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| 219,Hype Detection Checklist,218|63|64,CRIT
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| 220,Red Flags in Tech Claims,218|65,CRIT
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| 221,How to Read a Press Release,220|62,CRIT
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| 222,Science Journalism Problems,62|221,CRIT
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| 223,Base Rate Reasoning,114|218,CRIT
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| 224,Extraordinary Claims Rule,218|223,CRIT
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| 225,Technology Due Diligence,107|218,CRIT
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| 226,Risk Assessment Framework,79|218,CRIT
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| 227,Bayesian Reasoning Basics,80|218,CRIT
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| 228,Applying Skepticism Broadly,219|220|223|224,CRIT
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| 229,Fusion Hype Comparison,66|228,CRIT
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| 230,AGI Hype Comparison,228,CRIT
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| 231,Autonomous Vehicle Comparison,228,CRIT
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| 232,Writing an Executive Brief,75|131|217|226,APPLY
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| 233,Conducting Red Team Analysis,206|217|220,APPLY
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| 234,Building a Claims Tracker,55|219,APPLY
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| 235,Evaluating a Pitch Deck,147|220|226,APPLY
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| 236,Writing a Critical Review,222|224|226,APPLY
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| 237,Portfolio Allocation Analysis,193|217,APPLY
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| 238,National QC Strategy Critique,87|190|217|237,APPLY
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| 239,Board-Level QC Questions,104|181|235,APPLY
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| 240,Skeptical Inquiry Method,147|159|228,APPLY
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| 241,Making Better Tech Bets,192|217|240,APPLY
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