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Is Gravity RANDOM Not Quantum?

Season 10 Episode 19 | 19m 25s

The holy grail of theoretical physics is to find the long-sought theory of quantum gravity. But what if this theory is as mythical as the grail of legend? What if gravity isn’t weirdly quantum at all, but rather … just a bit messy? Or random? So says the postquantum gravity hypothesis of Jonathan Oppenheim.

Aired: 08/21/24
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