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HAL9000
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I am new to this forum and relatively new to learning physics itself. I have a very basic question.
What is the motivation for looking for a unified theory of quantum gravity? Other than the aesthetics of having a unified understanding of reality, do we have any physical or mathematical reason to believe they can be/should be unified?
Both are standing strong for almost a century of real/thought experiments with probably zero error. We have not seen any deviations in the predictions of both. I can see a small problem in gravity in flat galaxy rotation curve. But honestly that doesn't look like a GR failure. GR is better than that. :) QM is 100% good, AFAIK.
So someone could naturally think to leave them alone as 2 separate laws of nature.
Given all this I am sure there must be reasons to believe in a unity. But i would really honestly appreciate if someone could explain it, mathematically or otherwise.
Thanks for reading.
What is the motivation for looking for a unified theory of quantum gravity? Other than the aesthetics of having a unified understanding of reality, do we have any physical or mathematical reason to believe they can be/should be unified?
Both are standing strong for almost a century of real/thought experiments with probably zero error. We have not seen any deviations in the predictions of both. I can see a small problem in gravity in flat galaxy rotation curve. But honestly that doesn't look like a GR failure. GR is better than that. :) QM is 100% good, AFAIK.
So someone could naturally think to leave them alone as 2 separate laws of nature.
Given all this I am sure there must be reasons to believe in a unity. But i would really honestly appreciate if someone could explain it, mathematically or otherwise.
Thanks for reading.