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  • Theoretical Physicists Reconcile 2+2=5 and 2+2=4

    From Pentcho Valev@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 7 02:38:28 2023
    "The concepts of time (spacetime) in quantum theory and GR are thus drastically different and cannot both be fundamentally true." http://hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/509316/

    So one is false but theoretical physicists would not discard it - rather, they reconcile it with the true one (in Big Brother's world theoreticians reconcile 2+2=5 and 2+2=4):

    Natalie Wolchover: "The effort to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity means reconciling totally different notions of time. In quantum mechanics, time is universal and absolute; its steady ticks dictate the evolving entanglements between
    particles. But in general relativity (Albert Einstein's theory of gravity), time is relative and dynamical, a dimension that's inextricably interwoven with directions X, Y and Z into a four-dimensional "space-time" fabric." https://www.quantamagazine.org/
    quantum-gravitys-time-problem-20161201/

    Perimeter Institute: "Quantum mechanics has one thing, time, which is absolute. But general relativity tells us that space and time are both dynamical so there is a big contradiction there. So the question is, can quantum gravity be formulated in a
    context where quantum mechanics still has absolute time?" https://www2.perimeterinstitute.ca/fr/research/conferences/convergence/roundtable-discussion-questions/what-are-lessons-quantum

    Pentcho Valev https://twitter.com/pentcho_valev

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  • From Arindam Banerjee@21:1/5 to Pentcho Valev on Mon Aug 7 16:03:59 2023
    On Monday, 7 August 2023 at 19:38:32 UTC+10, Pentcho Valev wrote:
    "The concepts of time (spacetime) in quantum theory and GR are thus drastically different and cannot both be fundamentally true." http://hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/509316/

    So one is false but theoretical physicists would not discard it - rather, they reconcile it with the true one (in Big Brother's world theoreticians reconcile 2+2=5 and 2+2=4)

    2+2= duh for the whodumbos.

    Natalie Wolchover: "The effort to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity means reconciling totally different notions of time. In quantum mechanics, time is universal and absolute; its steady ticks dictate the evolving entanglements between
    particles. But in general relativity (Albert Einstein's theory of gravity), time is relative and dynamical, a dimension that's inextricably interwoven with directions X, Y and Z into a four-dimensional "space-time" fabric." https://www.quantamagazine.org/
    quantum-gravitys-time-problem-20161201/

    Perimeter Institute: "Quantum mechanics has one thing, time, which is absolute. But general relativity tells us that space and time are both dynamical so there is a big contradiction there. So the question is, can quantum gravity be formulated in a
    context where quantum mechanics still has absolute time?" https://www2.perimeterinstitute.ca/fr/research/conferences/convergence/roundtable-discussion-questions/what-are-lessons-quantum

    Pentcho Valev https://twitter.com/pentcho_valev

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