Worldbuilding
Peter Shor
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I'm a professor in the Mathematics Dept. at M.I.T. I mostly work on quantum computation, quantum information, and quantum complexity, but I am also interested in other areas of theoretical computer science and mathematics.

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How can drunken, homicidal elves successfully conduct a wild hunt?
Jun 2 '19
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What is my environmental poison?
Apr 3 '21
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Do these 'Magiholes' break physics?
May 23 '21
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What kinds of remnants might be evidence of a previous civilisation?
Aug 22 '17
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How can I explain a continent with extremely un-equal progress between its nations?
Jan 16 '20
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Would it be realistic to have a world with no currency, just trade?
Jan 1 '19
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Selling food to the enemy
Dec 26 '18
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Evolution of polymorphism
Sep 27 '18
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Can we safe FTL from paradoxes by using a Multiverse?
Mar 29 '20
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How does a species who cannot distinguish left from right build their cities?
May 27 '17
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Where were "should", "shall", and "must" in the 18th Century?
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Was the reduction in Shor's algorithm originally discovered by Shor?
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Why are 'student' and 'suspend' not pronounced as written?
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What to do when you notice that a value in your paper is wrong, once it is accepted but before it is published?
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Why is there no "autumntime" or "falltime"?

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