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ML or not, at the most fundamental level, classical computers simply do not possess the type of logic that's truly reflective of our reality. Its binary nature forces it to always resolve any single statement to either a true or false answer only.

A very simple example. If we ask our classical computer this question "are people currently supportive of COVID-19 vaccines?", then it would probably give us a straight answer of either a "yes" or "no" based on statistical inference of the percentage of total people who have received vaccinations at this point.

At its most fundamental level, classical computers just cannot comprehend a reality that could resolve that answer to both "Yes" and "No" in a single statement, which btw is possible in a quantum computing environment under its superposition state.

In our reality, some people who may not be fully supportive of the vaccines, but under special circumstances they may be forced to receive it because of workplace requirements, pressures from their loved ones, etc...



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