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Seven Truths That Can't Coexist in the Quantum World ⚡ экспресс

Original: "A Heptalemma for Quantum Mechanics"
· John B. DeBrota, Christian List
arXiv:2512.01982 · 2025-12-01 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · Quantum Physics History and Philosophy of Physics
Seven natural assumptions about reality cannot all be true at the same time in quantum mechanics.
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Seven self-evident truths about the world cannot be simultaneously true in quantum mechanics. Give up one, and everything falls into place. This insight provides a simple way to distinguish classical physics from quantum: if all seven hold — it's classical.

🎯 Six of the seven statements fully describe all of classical physics — from the falling apple to the rotation of galaxies. The seventh ingredient always turns out to be redundant.

🎬 A universe where all seven theses held would be classical and empty — without stars, atoms, or life.

Scientists
Christian DopplerD. B. McLaughlinDidier QuelozMichel MayorR. A. RossiterAlbert Einstein
Tags
Standard Model speed of light spacetime curvature
Laws
Doppler effectprinciple of constancy of the speed of lightNoether's theoremmass–energy equivalenceMaxwell's equationsLorentz transformations
Original: arXiv:2512.01982 · CC BY · bridge42worlds