Thanks for explanation. So I guess the question is still open (of course, the word “open” refers to our maps, not to the territory). If I understand it correctly:
relativity assumes that the universe is local in space
quantum physics assumes that the universe is local in configuration space
and the problem, as I see it, is we don’t even have a nice definition of “configuration space” that wouldn’t violate the assumption of space locality.
If I understand it correctly, some people are trying to fix this by replacing configuration spaces by histories of the universe, but… imagining a history of the whole universe up to the specific point of space-time as a fundamental particle of physics, that feels wrong. Well, maybe it is right—we should not rely on our intuition derived from macroscopic events—but maybe we just didn’t find a better solution yet.
Thanks for explanation. So I guess the question is still open (of course, the word “open” refers to our maps, not to the territory). If I understand it correctly:
relativity assumes that the universe is local in space
quantum physics assumes that the universe is local in configuration space
and the problem, as I see it, is we don’t even have a nice definition of “configuration space” that wouldn’t violate the assumption of space locality.
If I understand it correctly, some people are trying to fix this by replacing configuration spaces by histories of the universe, but… imagining a history of the whole universe up to the specific point of space-time as a fundamental particle of physics, that feels wrong. Well, maybe it is right—we should not rely on our intuition derived from macroscopic events—but maybe we just didn’t find a better solution yet.