Jacob Shymanski
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 11 Jul
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Observation and experiments support this concept of spacetime curvature over and over and over.
But general relativity, though, is a classical theory.
That's a huge distinction.
And therefore, because it's classical, it does not incorporate any principles from quantum theory.
So as a classical theory, general relativity works fine for large-scale phenomena like orbits and black holes.
But classical theories don't work well at very small scales or very high speeds.
Small scales are ruled by quantum mechanics.
So one of the holy grails of physics is a version of gravity incorporating general relativity and quantum mechanics.
That's quantum gravity.
We've mentioned that multiple times on the show.
This would be a fusion of the two great theories of the 20th century, general relativity, quantum mechanics.
Multiple attempts at this theory predict gravitons, like string theory and supergravity.
They're like embedded right in the math.
There they are.
They just pop out.
But creating a theory of quantum gravity has proved immensely difficult, though, because combining general relativity and quantum mechanics, it's like combining hieroglyphics with Klingon, right?
They just don't want to mesh together.
And I've often thought I would seriously consider asking a genie for the key to the theory of quantum gravity as one of my wishes.
But only if I had more than three wishes though.
If I got three, I got higher priorities.
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