Quantum Bogosort Algorithm

⌃ Quantum bogosort Quantum bogosort is a hypothetical sorting algorithm based on bogosort, created as an in-joke among computer scientists. The algorithm generates a random permutation of its input using a quantum source of entropy, checks if the list is sorted, and, if it is not, destroys the universe. Assuming that the many-worlds interpretation holds, the use of this algorithm will result in at least one surviving universe where the input was successfully sorted in O(n) time. [9]

A mock encyclopedia entry describes “quantum bogosort,” a deliberately absurd sorting algorithm. It randomly shuffles data and destroys the universe whenever the result is unsorted, but the many-worlds interpretation supposedly guarantees one universe where sorting succeeds in linear time. The meme is used as a nerdy reaction to quantum computing, inefficient algorithms, or wildly overcomplicated solutions.

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