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Old November 30th 17, 12:24 PM posted to sci.astro
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Default Einstein's Spacetime and Newton's Absolute Time

One of the fundamental red herrings in Einstein's schizophrenic world: Only the general relativistic time is at odds with quantum mechanics; the special relativistic time is OK and quantum mechanics and special relativity successfully work together combined in quantum field theory.

This red herring is so idiotic that even Einsteinians often contradict it, explicitly or implicitly:

"One one hand, time in quantum mechanics is a Newtonian time, i.e., an absolute time. In fact, the two main methods of quantization, namely, canonical quantization method due to Dirac and Feynman's path integral method are based on classical constraints which become operators annihilating the physical states, and on the sum over all possible classical trajectories, respectively. Therefore, both quantization methods rely on the Newton global and absolute time. [...] The transition to (special) relativistic quantum field theories can be realized by replacing the unique absolute Newtonian time by a set of timelike parameters associated to the naturally distinguished family of relativistic inertial frames." http://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/0610057.pdf

Perimeter Institute: "Quantum mechanics has one thing, time, which is absolute. But general relativity tells us that space and time are both dynamical so there is a big contradiction there. So the question is, can quantum gravity be formulated in a context where quantum mechanics still has absolute time?" https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/re...essons-quantum

New Scientist: "In quantum theory, a "master clock" ticks away somewhere in the universe, measuring out all processes. But in Einstein's relativity, time is distorted by motion and gravity, so clocks don't necessarily agree on how it is passing - meaning any master clock must, somewhat implausibly, be outside the universe." https://www.newscientist.com/article...-go-both-ways/

Science: "In Einstein's general theory of relativity, time depends locally on gravity; in standard quantum theory, time is global – all clocks "tick" uniformly." http://science.sciencemag.org/conten...cience.aac6498

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