[LINK] Why More Physicists Are Starting to Think Space and Time Are ‘Illusions’

[Kim Holburn]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-more-physicists-are-starting-to-think-space-and-time-are-illusions

 >A concept called “quantum entanglement” suggests the fabric of the universe is more interconnected than we think. And it also 
suggests we have the wrong idea about reality.


 >This past December, the physics Nobel Prize was awarded for the experimental confirmation of a quantum phenomenon known for more 
than 80 years: entanglement. As envisioned by Albert Einstein and his collaborators in 1935, quantum objects can be mysteriously 
correlated even if they are separated by large distances. But as weird as the phenomenon appears, why is such an old idea still 
worth the most prestigious prize in physics?

 >But why is entanglement related to space and time? And how can it be important for future physics breakthroughs? Properly 
understood, entanglement implies that the universe is “monistic”, as philosophers call it, that on the most fundamental level, 
everything in the universe is part of a single, unified whole. It is a defining property of quantum mechanics that its underlying 
reality is described in terms of waves, and a monistic universe would require a universal function. Already decades ago, researchers 
such as Hugh Everett and Dieter Zeh showed how our daily-life reality can emerge out of such a universal quantum-mechanical 
description. But only now are researchers such as Leonard Susskind or Sean Carroll developing ideas on how this hidden quantum 
reality might explain not only matter but also the fabric of space and time.

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