A Is time irrelevant in quantum mechanics?

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The theory of loop quantum gravity seems to show that time does not exist and can disappear from the equations
Could one come to think that time is irrelevant in quantum mechanics? we know that the QM equations are written with the time variable, (schrodinger equation). Yet everything suggests that time is irrelevant, as the search for loop quantum gravity seems to indicate
 
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CharlesDarwin said:
Summary: The theory of loop quantum gravity seems to show that time does not exist and can disappear from the equations

Could one come to think that time is irrelevant in quantum mechanics? we know that the QM equations are written with the time variable, (schrodinger equation). Yet everything suggests that time is irrelevant, as the search for loop quantum gravity seems to indicate
Everything ? You only mentioned LQG. It hardly jusifies throwing away all other physics.
 
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CharlesDarwin said:
The theory of loop quantum gravity seems to show that time does not exist

Where did you read this?
 
"The theory seems to show that..." is not an acceptable reference.
This thread is closed until the original poster can send me or any of the other mentors a link to an appropriate peer-reviewed paper describing the equations he's talking about and how they imply that "time does not exist".
 
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