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Where exactly do the laws of relativity and quantum mechanics disagree?
apope said:Where exactly do the laws of relativity and quantum mechanics disagree?
apope said:what laws don't work together and why not??
Quantum physics operates on a flat background, e.g. a three-dimensional reality with a universal measure of time. General relativity has time and space intermingled. It is intermingled in such a way that we cannot (except for trivial cases) unwind it into a flat, three-dimensional reality with a universal measure of time.pervect said:I'm not sure how to explain this more simply and still be accurate enough to be useful.
Anyone else care to give it a try?
hellfire said:You can ask about compatibility of GR and QM from a more wider perspective, namely whether general covariance and quantum principles are incompatible. This means, whether a quantum theory of gravitation can be generally covariant if QM principles are saved, or whether QM principles can be saved mantaining general covariance.
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