Laura Gao's Blog

The Dunning Kruger Effect of Popular Science

As long as it is catered towards entertainment, a YouTube video cannot explain quantum computing adequately for those who want to learn.

Fake news doesn’t merely provide you with false information. It gives you the illusion of truth. Motivational quotes don’t merely provide near-zero substance. Reading them gives you the illusion...

22 Feb 2021 • 2 min read

A Letter to TOPS Students

We can take this opportunity to create something positive. Yes, @fsociety_toronto should take this opportunity to create something positive. But so could we. We are half of the...

10 Feb 2021 • 2 min read

How I built the quantum search algorithm in 2 weeks without prior knowledge

and how you could too! - My quantum computing journey so far

Picture this: in 2 weeks, you have to speak in front of 70 people about something you built in quantum computing. Today, you don't know anything...

10 Feb 2021 • 7 min read

Vitamins vs. Painkillers

What do you spend most of your time on: vitamins or painkillers?

11 Jan 2021 • 3 min read