That's fine for engineering, which provides its own scope for what "matters." But for a theoretical physicist, the issue is that there are domains in which general relativity and quantum field theory simply diverge and so cannot possibly both "work."
-
-
-
Yes… Galison’s paper (linked in tweet) is about that, and how one ought to think about it.
- 13 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
reminds me of this quote [although i'm paraphrasing here], "if the foundations of mathematics turn out to be contradictory, do you think the bridges will fall down"? don't remember who said it, but that's the gist of it
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.