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Thanks, I'll take a look. Edit: I see this is the book of which @RUTA is one of the authors, which IIRC has been discussed in other PF...

I understand. I understand that too, but I think we're to the point where I would need some references. Otherwise all I have is what...

The only sure test you have is evidence.

Where? Can you give a specific reference?

This implicitly assumes deteterminism, as I posted before. But it also, as I said, seems inconsistent since "simultaneous in one frame...

This seems like a contradiction, since in relativity "simulaneous" is frame-dependent. Also, "state reduction (globally simultaneous)"...

You could do this, I guess, but AFAIK no block universe proponent does. They all rely on determinism as one of the premises of their...

According to block universe proponents, AFAIK, no, they don't; the block universe assumes and requires determinism, which means that the...

That only shows determinism, which is distinct from block universe. Newtonian physics is deterministic, but that didn’t force anyone to...

Schrodinger initially looked at the KG equation, but it had difficulties. From Wikipedia: 'The Klein–Gordon equation was first...

Bertrand Russell once said that the problem with the world is that fools are so sure of themselves and wise people so full of doubt...

Is this what you're referring to? https://www.nature.com/articles/169538a0

That reference seems odd--it talks about the Schrodinger Equation, but it claims to be discussing local gauge invariance in QED--which...

As a mathematical fact about the equation, of course it's true. Nobody is disputing that. As a physics claim about wave functions...

That discussion was about the Hubble constant, not the fine structure constant. The Hubble constant is at least somewhat relevant to the...