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MLA Full: "Quantum Computers Look Like Chandeliers. This is Why." YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 22 September 2025, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhou8I2w_Ls.
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Chicago Full: SciShow, "Quantum Computers Look Like Chandeliers. This is Why.", September 22, 2025, YouTube, 11:47,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lhou8I2w_Ls.
Whether you saw a quantum computer featured in a tech news blog post, or that Black Mirror episode "Joan is Awful", the chandelier-like look may have inspired the thought "Why does it look like that?" Well, it's not for the sci-fi aesthetic. It's to make sure it can actually compute stuff!

















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