quantum reconciles with relativity?

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28 Feb 2015, 4:51 pm

Quantum mechanics and relativity cannot be reconciled according to physicists. I'll take a shot!
1. Motion is relative. For example, imagine that the universe vanished and was replaced by two spheres. Lets call them "A" and "B" .They are moving apart. One can say that "A" is moving to the left and that "B" is stationary. One can also say that "A" is stationary and "B" is moving to the right. Both are equally true explanations.
2. Imagine a photon ( obviously moving at the velocity of light) . One can say that the photon is stationary and the universe is moving at the speed of light!
3. The universe ( since it is going the speed of light ) will experience relativistic effects. Its volume will go to zero. This might explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_nonlocality

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01 Mar 2015, 10:51 am

wittgenstein wrote:

The quantum theory of electrodynamics encloses both quantum field theory and the special theory of relativity. The theory is Lorentz Invariant.

So you are quite mistaken. Quantum Electrodynamics brought to perfection by Richard Feyman is the most accurate physical theory every formulated (accurate to 12 decimal places) It is one of the pillars of the Standard Model of fields and particles.

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01 Mar 2015, 10:54 am

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01 Mar 2015, 5:48 pm

ruveyn wrote:

wittgenstein wrote:

I think that he might be confusing the compatibility of quantum mechanics with special relativity, which were combined quite successfully, with the compatibility with general relativity. It's finding a quantum theory of gravity that's difficult, not finding a theory of relativistic quantum mechanics which has already been done quite successfully with quantum field theory.

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02 Mar 2015, 1:36 pm

ruveyn wrote:

wittgenstein wrote:

Actually, the current inability to reconcile Quantum mechanics with relativity is well known and accepted.
https://einstein.stanford.edu/content/r ... q1292.html

http://science.howstuffworks.com/scienc ... tivity.htm

And this from MIT.
"The differences between general relativity and quantum mechanics are so great that every attempt to reconcile them has so far failed. ."

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/42 ... sin-space/
http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comm ... e_quantum/

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02 Mar 2015, 1:42 pm

Jono wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

wittgenstein wrote:

I am not saying that they are irreconcilable in all aspects. I am saying that they contradict each other in specific areas.

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02 Mar 2015, 6:43 pm

Jono wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

wittgenstein wrote:

At this time we have no quantum theory of gravitation. Which is an embarissing to physics. The General Theory so far has accounted for gravitation and quantum field theory has accounted for the other three forces we know about. We do not yet have a theory that accounts for the four know forces electro-magnetic, strong, weak and gravitation.

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03 Mar 2015, 1:23 pm

Another theory explains quantum entanglement using special relativity.[30] According to this theory, faster-than-light communication between entangled systems can be achieved because the time dilation of special relativity allows time to stand still in light's point of view. For example, in the case of two entangled photons, a measurement made on one photon at present time would determine the state of the photon for both the present and past at the same moment. This leads to the instantaneous determination of the state of the other photon. Corresponding logic is applied to explain entangled systems, i.e. electron and positron, that travel below the speed of light.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement
I came across the above. It seems similar to my idea. I guess there are no new ideas under the sun.

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