Forward light-cones and special relativity

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Homework Statement


How can we tell that quantum effects do not propagate along forward light-cones that represent two separate events? How do light-cones demonstrate this notion of quantum effects?

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We don't know which events occur first given different spacetime equations
 
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SarahO said:
How can we tell that quantum effects do not propagate along forward light-cones that represent two separate events? How do light-cones demonstrate this notion of quantum effects?
I'm having trouble make sense of this question. Where did it come from?

A light cone consists of an infinity of points in spacetime, so what do you mean by "light cones that represent two separate events"? Do you mean 2 light cones having their respective apexes at separate events?
 
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