David Wallace
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So the geometry of the problem is being quite badly
messed with by making that kind of division.
Um so that's the kind of reason why
Um
uh that way of talking about things is controversial.
And where do you lie in this controversy?
Uh I'm a pluralist.
Um I think you can use a theory in whatever way you find convenient.
Um I find think if you if you get insight out of the structure of the theory by thinking about it in geometric terms, good for you.
If you get insight out of the theory by thinking about it in particle physics terms, also good for you.
People ought to be able to understand these different routes and go back and forth between them.
Okay, so there's a lot I could say there, but the here's here's the simplest one.
But the way the way quantum grammar gets described in a lot of semi-popular literature
And in certainly in philosophy adjacent circles is something like this, that basically we've got two theories, quantum theory, which is great in its domain.
Mm-hmm.
general relativity, which is great in its domain, those theories are inconsistent.
Um
we don't know how to combine them into a theory that captures the best features of both.
That's the kind of classic way people talk about
um the project of quantum gravity.
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