As someone who holds degrees in mathematics and philosophy, is a lifelong computer programmer, and is a part-time student of quantum physics, I was hugely excited at the prospect of watching this show.
Sadly its basic premise is a massive contradiction. It posits that the universe is totally deterministic and that, with sufficient computing horsepower and programming genius, the future can be perfectly extrapolated to the extent that you can actually observe it.
Unfortunately the technology it proposes to provide the computing oomph is quantum computing. Now, as any fule kno, the fundamental finding of quantum physics is that quantum behaviour is the diametric opposite of deterministic.
So, in Devs, we are using science and tech that appear to fundamentally deny determinism in order to extrapolate an entirely deterministic future. Whoops!
It's still quite entertaining though if you can resist bothering yourself about the scientific and philosophical nonsense of it.
Sadly its basic premise is a massive contradiction. It posits that the universe is totally deterministic and that, with sufficient computing horsepower and programming genius, the future can be perfectly extrapolated to the extent that you can actually observe it.
Unfortunately the technology it proposes to provide the computing oomph is quantum computing. Now, as any fule kno, the fundamental finding of quantum physics is that quantum behaviour is the diametric opposite of deterministic.
So, in Devs, we are using science and tech that appear to fundamentally deny determinism in order to extrapolate an entirely deterministic future. Whoops!
It's still quite entertaining though if you can resist bothering yourself about the scientific and philosophical nonsense of it.
