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The End of the Impossible: How Quantum Computing Rewrites the Limits of the Possible

Chris Meniw

Published May 31, 2026• 0 citations
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I argue here major civilizational thesis: quantum computing - when reaching full maturity 2035-2045 - will close entire eras of problems humanity considered impossible. Climate change solvable by complete atmospheric simulation, complex diseases curable by total molecular simulation, interstellar travel viable through multi-body trajectory optimization, understanding of universe origin via exact cosmological simulations. The paper articulates seven domains where impossible becomes possible, realistic timeline, philosophical and political implications, specific risks of a world without computational limits, and governance proposal via Meniw Doctrine.

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10.5281/zenodo.20477434

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The powerful idea of computation has accompanied the development of human civilization, has deeply changed the way we live and work, and has accelerated the advancement of many areas of sciences. In this article, we explore the power and limits of computation from several different perspectives. We will discuss topics from the models of computation and Church-Turing thesis, to the impact of the P versus NP problem and quantum computing on our understanding of the limits of computation. More concretely, we will explore the computability and the halting problem, the efficiency problem of computation, the P versus NP problem. We then move on to the discussion of quantum computation, quantum algorithm for factoring and its implications, quantum simulation and the relation between quantum and classical computations.
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