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What If Gravity Isn’t Quantum? New Experiments Explore

If we discover how to connect quantum mechanics with general relativity we’ll pretty much win physics. There are multiple theories that claim to do this, but it’s notoriously difficult to test them. They seem to require absurd experiments like a particle collider the size of a galaxy. Or we could try to physics smarter, instead of physicsing harder. Let’s talk about some ideas for quantum gravity experiments that can be done on a non-galaxy-sized lab bench, and in some cases already have been done.

English
  • Originally Aired September 12, 2024
  • Runtime 18 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created October 2, 2024 by
    shriek
  • Modified October 21, 2024 by
    shriek