Could quantum mechanics explain the existence of space-time?

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[–]Vigte[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Studies of anti de Sitter space suggest, for instance, that the math describing gravity (that is, space-time geometry) can be equivalent to the math of quantum physics in a space of one less dimension. Think of a hologram — a flat, two-dimensional surface that incorporates a three-dimensional image. In a similar way, perhaps the four-dimensional geometry of space-time could be encoded in the math of quantum physics operating in three-dimensions.

'member when you were a "conspiracy theorist" or "crazy" saying this stuff?

I 'member.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

?? That's because this model doesn't make any falsifiable claims yet – in fact, it doesn't yet quite fit our existing observations.

Take this model, for example:

The universe is constantly being deconstructed and reconstructed every Planck time.

There's literally no point making my claim, and at the moment little more reason to make the article's. Plenty of reason to work on it, but that's not what you're doing, is it?