IonQ Stock: A Quantum Conundrum

The acquisition of Oxford Ionics, a firm boasting a “world record” in quantum fidelity, has been hailed as a triumph. Fidelity, that most nebulous of metrics, measures the accuracy of calculations performed by machines that, to date, have struggled to outcompute a pocket calculator. One might admire the audacity of such claims, though it is the sort of achievement that would impress only if presented by someone wearing a monocle and a waistcoat covered in equations.







