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I believe that the superposition theory is one way to explain the phenomenon of reduced space-time dimensions in quantum scales. Describing the quantum particles by a wave function as opposed to a point in the space is actually reducing the space dimensions of the object reduces. For example...

It is difficult to believe in theories which say "can explain everything except few things, its a matter of clarifying those few exceptions" Once people believed that classical physics could explain everything except few things like the movement of the planet Mercury. However when a new theory...

If the standard model explains everything, why don't they declare that. Why do people research beyond standard model. I am not a physicist but I think the only way to experimentally verify such a theory is to make observations in the macroscopic world. I thinks its not any different in the...

I found this information in the article link given by Naty1. It was your (A. Neumaier) contribution to the discussion that lead me find that information. However this may still be a theory without experimental verification. They say that this model converge to the 4-D space time at large...

StevieTNZ, Can you explain how does the reality exist all the time without wave function collapse according to Bhorm mechanics?

I found the following thread by Marcus on spontaneous dimension reduction https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=323417 What I understand from this thread is not what you are saying.

I found the following paper on conscious observer in quantum experiment, in the Journal of Cosmology, 2011. http://journalofcosmology.com/Consciousness135.html Hope you would find its interesting.

Then what is meant by "Spontaneous dimension reduction" of space-time? I have read that some physicists believe that the early universe only had one spatial dimension and a time dimension (2-D space time). Then it became 3-D and finally 4-D, the universe that we experience today. All this...

I have read that some people argue, not only animals but all the matter around us is consciousness. This is to say that the reality existed even before the life appeared on earth.

Thanks Naty1 for your link on quantum gravity. Would it be possible that at quantum scales, objects becomes fuzzy because space-time dimensions are reduced from 4 to a lower value. We make the observations in the macroscopic world with four dimensions, but in the the microscopic world...

If we accept that point in space is something that really exists, space is nothing but infinite number of singularities (point in the space is a singularity). If space becomes fuzzy at scales where quantum effects dominates due to some other reason than measurement limitations, space is not...

Thanks tom.stoer, It would be really interesting to know how the concept of space is addressed in the research directions where space is not considered fundamental. Hope it does not involve lot of maths.

Thanks Neumaier, You said that "Space is fundamental" Is this an axiom? You said, "The pointlikeness of the objects is the property that fails dramatically at small scales; and fuzzy points only have fuzzy trajectories". Does this mean that space becomes fuzzy at smaller scales or...

Thanks Neumaier, What I understand from your reply is that the ideal of 'point' in the space really exists, and a distance can be measured with a given accuracy subjected to limitations imposed by uncertainty principle. It is a matter of measurement accuracy. Furthermore, if world lines become...

Whether it is Minkowski space or otherwise, the space to have a precise quantifiable meaning, we should be able to accurately define the meaning of distance. In doing so we have to use the abstract mathematical idea called "point" which does not really exist. Point is only an abstract...