What are the incompatibilities between GR and QM?

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The discussion focuses on the incompatibilities between General Relativity (GR) and Quantum Mechanics (QM), highlighting that GR is non-renormalizable due to an infinite number of ultraviolet divergences. The conversation also raises the question of whether reimagining space as non-continuous could resolve these inconsistencies. A reference to a related thread on the same topic is provided for further exploration.

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What are the incompatibilities between GR and QM??

appart from the fact that GR is NOn-renormalizable (perturbatively :rolleyes: ) since there are almos infinite types of UV divergences [tex]\int_{0}^{\infty}dxx^{n}[/tex] n=-1,0,1,2,3,4,...

What other incompatibilities are there?..if space weren't continuous but you could "triangularize" it somehow :frown: :frown: would these inconsistence disappear?? :shy:
 
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