Microsoft's recent announcement of the Majorana 1 quantum processor, a topological qubit-wielding breakthrough so bold it's designed on physics that aren't fully established yet, has come under scrutiny — and it may only have itself to blame.
Gather 'round readers, for it is a tale as old as time. Or at least as old as 2018, when Microsoft first made headlines relating to the Majorana particle and its application in quantum computing. In this tale, a boy (read: Microsoft) runs into the village crying "Majorana particles! Majorana particles! The elusive theoretical particles first theorized by physicist Ettore Majorana in the 1930s! They're real! And we've tamed them for the stabilization of quantum computing qubits!"
