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minus-squareKrudler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoPhysics in general has not caught up to the fact that locality isn’t a thing. Nobel prizes were handed out for this in I think 22… And people still think the notion of spacetime can be taken seriously. It can’t.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agolocality. what was it supposed to be? and why doesn’t it actually exist? what model “replaces” it, if any? maybe the meaning of spacetime isn’t obvious either, and I just misunderstand what it means
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agolocality wikipedia page In short locality states that things are only directly affected by their immediate surroundings. This is provably untrue in quantum mechanics.
Physics in general has not caught up to the fact that locality isn’t a thing. Nobel prizes were handed out for this in I think 22… And people still think the notion of spacetime can be taken seriously. It can’t.
What does that mean?
Which part
locality. what was it supposed to be? and why doesn’t it actually exist? what model “replaces” it, if any?
maybe the meaning of spacetime isn’t obvious either, and I just misunderstand what it means
locality wikipedia page
In short locality states that things are only directly affected by their immediate surroundings. This is provably untrue in quantum mechanics.