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		zmgsabst on July 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Einstein-Bohr debate settled once and for all > In 2022, quantum mechanics does still seem to be a final answer—not an approximation to anything deeper as Einstein hoped. Things that have big question marks, related to this debate: - how do we mesh quantum with gravity? - why do tangles cause quasiparticles? - does tangling rescue geons? One theory is that quantum mechanics is an approximation of tangles in a higher dimensional space when viewed as pseudoknots, in the style of AdS/CFT.

tbrownaw on July 9, 2022 [–]

I found a page for geons, and I think I know what quasiparticles are, but what's a tangle in this context?

zmgsabst on July 9, 2022 | [–]

A concept from knot theory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangle_(mathematics)

Which impacts dynamics/effects in various systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological_quantum_computer

https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys1504

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