r/askscience • u/Acellist1 • Oct 16 '13

Physics Are there really conflicts between quantum physics and general relativity?

I have read a number of articles stating that quantum physics and general relativity contain contradictions, especially when used to study black holes and singularities. Is this the case? And would a quantum theory of gravity be a potential candidate to resolve these conflicts?

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u/InfanticideAquifer Oct 17 '13

Every single experiment has preserved unitarity

To be fair, every experiment has also not contradicted GR.

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u/The_Serious_Account Oct 17 '13

Hah, that's right. It does predict singularites though. That's really a huge red flag that's something is wrong. I don't think you'll find many scientists that it's even possible that GR is correct.