Why quantization resolves negative energy in Klein-Gordon equation

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Why the quantization of scalar field resolves the energy negative problem that exist in the klein-gordon equation?
 

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Because the time dependence of the scalar fields is not related to the energy of the particles as it was in single particle quantum mechanics.
 

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