Summary
This piece calls out a new breed of opportunist in the quantum spotlight. Not honest skeptics, but contrarian con artists who profit from confident negativity. By branding the entire field as hype, they misinform the public, sow confusion, and slow real progress.
The article maps this pattern across quantum computing, post quantum cryptography, and QKD. In quantum computing, critics declare useful systems will never arrive, or call it a hoax. In crypto, they sell exotic ciphers and promise perfect secrecy, while dismissing NIST’s PQC effort as unnecessary. In QKD, they recycle dated critiques and label commercial systems snake oil.
For security leaders, the takeaway is clear. Separate rigorous, evidence based skepticism from performative contrarianism. Anchor decisions to standards, peer review, and real threat models. Treat absolutist claims on either side as red flags, and demand testable evidence, transparent assumptions, and verifiable deployments.
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See the original article at: https://postquantum.com/quantum-computing/pseudoscience-quantum-contrarianism/