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wasmic t1_j29tljm wrote

This isn't correct beyond a surface reading.

We know that quantum mechanics and general relativity cannot both be correct, because they conflict with each other.

But more probably, it seems like both are incomplete. There's a lot of unexplained stuff in space too - like dark matter, where some people propose a modified set of gravitational laws to explain motions instead introducing dark matter (which has never been measured). Very theoretical of course.

But we also have been completely unable to add any sort of gravity to quantum mechanics at all. The accepted models of QM more or less ignore gravity entirely because its power is negligible at quantum scales anyway.

What we know is that the extremes - extremely tiny scales, extreme velocity, extreme gravity - has complicated laws of nature, which happen to trend towards simpler forms as conditions approach everyday life. But you can't really conclude anything else based on that.

> Some physicists are questioning if General Relativity is totally accurate. It's a great approximation, but Quantum Theory may be an even better description of the Universe.

This is just nonsense. The two theories are describing entirely different things. Describing "the entire universe" is outside the scope of general relativity, which only describes gravity. Meanwhile, describing gravity is outside the scope of most Quantum Theory, and those that do include gravity lead to inconsistencies - or even worse, contradictions.

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whatkindofred t1_j2baxsi wrote

What’s the difference between inconsistencies and contradictions?

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