I agree. It's career suicide for most physicists to contradict the QC narrative though. It's dangerous enough as a cryptographer. We do not live in an age of moral courage.

Who we should really take to account are the devs, influencers and businesses in the space who cashing in on quantum FUD or just bending a cowardly knee to it. That's who is doing the most damage and it's a lot less defensible. I understand cutting an optional PQ build so you can get your product ...