Quantum Mechanics and Relativity as Emergent Properties of Quantized Multiverse Spacetime: Context-Dependent Observation and Imaginary Time

摘要

Finding common ground between quantum mechanics and relativity theory is a significant problem in contemporary physics. In this paper, I approach this problem from a broad theoretical and epistemological perspective. I hypothesize that context-dependence is the underlying characteristic feature of both quantum mechanics and relativity, resulting in a fundamental association between these physical phenomena. Thus, in quantum mechanics, superposition is basis-dependent; a quantum system may be in superposition in one basis, while not in another. Inertial frames in special relativity affect time synchronization; the question "what time is it" depends on the inertial frame in question. For example, in the "Twin Paradox" the switch in the inertial frame of the traveling twin determines the resolution of the paradox. In general relativity, time synchronization is context-dependent on the relevant gravitational potential. Further, both quantum mechanics and relativity make use of imaginary time, and I link Vasily Ogryzko's hypothesis that quantum biological selection occurs through reproduction in imaginary time with the speculation that inertial frame changes (e.g., "Twin Paradox") occur in imaginary time as well. These phenomenon link quantum mechanics with relativity theory as part of context-dependent reality. Finally, I posit that the unusual properties of quantum mechanics and relativity are emergent properties of attempting to make "local" observations on a subset of what is a coherent quantized spacetime reality.