A radical theory that consistently unifies gravity and quantum mechanics while preserving Einstein's classical concept of spacetime has been announced in two papers published simultaneously by UCL (University College London) physicists.
    • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I mean, that’s kind of technically correct and the headline is misleading.

      Their whole point is the idea that spacetime has fluctuations which makes quantum behavior irrelevant and thus it can only be modeled classically.

    • HubertManne@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      you should not dismiss it so easily. Its pretty interesting and does not use a particle approach but makes a testable prediction about gravity fluction due to the fabric of spacetime. Its the only one I know of where it looks more at the einstein side than the quantum side.

      • Tb0n3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        10 months ago

        All I mean is that we’ve seen these breakthrough theories dozens of times before with all the boxes checked. It’s always the same. I’m merely saying not to put too much energy into defending it until those doing the math actually have something to show.