Canadian PM Justin Trudeau impresses with articulate quantum computing explanation [VIDEO]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just upped his reputation as the most liked PM in the world. The 44-year-old Liberal Party leader impressed a roomful of journalists at the Perimeter Institute in Ontario on Friday when he explained basic quantum computing in simple, easy-to-understand terms.

Trudeau was at the country’s premier theoretical physics establishment to announce US$50 million (AU$65 million) funding to continue the research in fundamental physics, which includes quantum information. A journalist in the room then jokingly, but not unkindly, said, “I was going to ask you to explain quantum computing, but…” The journalist was perhaps eliciting laughs from the audience with the question meant to suggest the topic was too complicated to understand for people not working in a science field.

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However, Trudeau took the question seriously and gave the reporter a straight answer. He explained the seemingly complicated topic briefly and clearly, allowing non-scientific minds to grasp the basics of the concept easily.

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His answer earned him a standing ovation from the impressed audience. Trudeau took a complex subject and tackled it effortlessly. It wasn’t an answer that would likely earn high marks in class, but it’s an effective answer all the same. He had people clapping for him, cheering him on, and his reputation as an intelligent world leader has strengthened.

As the Guardian has noted, Trudeau’s explanation is the kind of thing that interested politicians could learn from a decent briefing. “Such help is available in abundance at Perimeter, and available anywhere to any suitably senior politician who wants it. Kudos to Trudeau for being clever, interested and confident enough to do this,” physics professor Jon Butterworth wrote.

The response from the journalists was telling as well, according to an observer. Trudeau, who has bachelor degrees in literature and education, doesn’t have the scientific background to fully explain technical and complicated terms to others. And perhaps that was expected of him when he was asked the question. The audiences did not expect him to be adept at a scientific topic, even if said topic is readily available and easily explained online, just because he is a politician.