Or perhaps not --- they're discussing a fixed frame of reference. [What I know about physics would fit on the back of a postage stamp. Or vice-versa ...] The conclusion still doesn't seem too surprising, if spacetime is regarded as indivisible. What would be interesting would be an experiment demonstrating the effect. [Or vice-versa.] WFL On 10/3/12, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Am I missing something here, or isn't this all rather obvious?
Assuming that general relativity and quantum mechanics are (approximations to) separate portions of some undiscovered super-theory in which they are not mutually inconsistent, then spatial overlap in the frame of one observer will rotate into temporal overlap in the frame of another.
Coincidentally, there is a rather attractive, unusually accessible and possibly relevant fresh post from Terry Tao at http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/einsteins-derivation-of-emc2-revisi...
Fred Lunnon
On 10/3/12, Eric Angelini <Eric.Angelini@kntv.be> wrote:
Hello Math-fun,
I've received this interesting press release yesterday and would like to share it with you today (or the contrary?) Best, É.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/uov-qcr100212.php
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