If theoretical physicists consider both theories correct, are there any significant tasks left for them to perform?
There is no trace amount of evidence to indicate that relativity theory is wrong?|||well
its still a theory
both of them
untill one becomes a law the other wont be affected
theorys have logical explinations but not enough proof to declare it positive|||Hi,
Matangla is correct. The search is for a Unified Field theory that resolves these difficulties.
My Complex Quantum Mechanics can marry Einstein's relativity to Formal QM.
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|||Both theories still need refinement There is still need of a theory which would explain the physics of the micro masses and the macro masses under a common denominator without contradictions..
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|||yes.. they make education hell boring.|||Quantum Physic refers to extremely small objects I.E. Subatomic Particles. And of course, electromagnetic waves.
Relativity refers to normal size to extremely huge objects, I.E. Stars.
The point (task)is not to "discard" one of them, but try to find one theory that unite the correct element in both of them. Find a relation between the two theories.
The relativity is "partially" wrong, since light is not the max speed in universe, in other hand, we have that Relativity has lots of applications in real life.|||There is no reason to abandon theories that work. Quantum Mechanics works very well for the very small. Relativity works very well for the very fast and very large.
Why do we assume that the way something works on a huge scale MUST be the way it works on the nano-scale and vice versa. The fact that the most brilliant minds haven't yet solved this tells you that this is no trivial task. Bear in mind that it took us 400 years to solve Fermat's Last Theorem.
However, note this: whatever form this "theory of all" takes, it will absolutely look precisely like quantum mechanics for small things and general relativity for large fast things. And for "classical Newtonian" physics, it will look the same as our everyday experience.|||No they should not be abandoned. Both theories are well supported by mountains of evidence. They are not compatible because we haven't discovered the link between them yet. In general that is not a huge deal since they apply to different regimes - quantum theory works well at the very small scale, relativity works well at the large scale. We haven't observed anything that exposes contradictions between the two theories. But the Big Bang conditions require the two theories to be reconciled to be properly understood.
Just because the two theories contadict doesn't mean one or the other is invalid. It just means we are missing something. This has happened before; Newton's laws of motion are technically invalid, but only at speeds approaching the speed of light. Otherwise it is still a useful approximation.
Scientists are looking for a grand unified theory to pull all this together. String theory is an attempt at this, but more work is needed. It is a wrk in progress.|||Neither should be abandoned; relativity works extremely well at large scales. Quantum mechanics works extremely well at small scales. Each explains many observed phenomena, and furthermore there is no alternative hypothesis for either that is anywhere near as successful.
Resolving the apparent conflict is one of the driving factors in theoretical physics, and may provide the key to many answers about the early universe: inflation, the predominance of matter over antimatter, the absence of magnetic monopoles, dark energy, and other unresolved questions.|||I'm not quite sure what you are calling "strongly contradict[ory]" about relativity and quantum mechanics. Are you referring to the challenge of coming up with a quantum theory of gravity?
Relativity has stood up to experimental tests and so has quantum mechanics. I personally like the 'common sense' of relativity much better than quantum mechanics. I hope someday there is a new way of looking at quantum phenomena but I have a feeling I shouldn't hold my breath...|||Since they both obviously work just fine on their own levels (think GPS systems and MRI machines), no, of course not. We just need to find a way to make them mesh. That's what string theory suggests to do.|||I do not think that we should abandon either relativity theory or quantum physics. Remember that, these theories laid the foundation of our current understanding of how nature works, the Standard Model. Maybe, what we should pursue is to find the link between relativity and quantum mechanics.
Take note also that Standard Model is based on the Quantum Chromodynamics (Quantum Field Theory), that is consistent with Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity.
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