Further to “New theory of physics attempts to incorporate information’s “central role” in nature, Scientific American is playing it like it was The Lord of the Rings:
A Meta-Law to Rule Them All: Physicists Devise a “Theory of Everything”
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In their paper Deutsch and Marletto demonstrate that information can be encoded in two superinformation media in such a way that it is impossible to retrieve it by measuring the single subsystems separately—that is, entanglement is inevitable. Similarly, in a classical medium, entanglement is impossible. “The appealing thing about this formalism is the way that common features of quantum mechanics fall out,” says Patrick Hayden, a quantum physicist at Stanford University, adding: “I have real respect for the creative thinking behind constructor theory and its ambitions.” He notes, however, that there are competing attempts by other researchers to develop a deeper understanding of quantum mechanics, including ideas based on copying, and as yet it is too early to say which, if any, will prove to be the best description.
Rickles agrees that it will take time for physicists to verify that the theory—which has not yet passed through peer review—is truly successful at uniting classical and quantum information theory. But if affirmed, it would give a boost to Deutsch’s goal to help in the hunt for the long-sought theory of quantum gravity, uniting the currently incompatible quantum theory and general relativity. “This is the first time in the history of science that it’s known that our deepest theories are wrong, so it’s obvious that we need a deeper theory,” Deutsch says.
You can tell people are discombobbed when they clutch onto a new theory that hasn’t even passed peer review.
Hey, messenger.
See also: The Science Fictions series at your fingertips (cosmology).
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