Volume 38, Number 4, 348-383, DOI: 10.1007/s10701-008-9206-4

Reconciling Spacetime and the Quantum: Relational Blockworld and the Quantum Liar Paradox

W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein and Michael Cifone

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Abstract

The Relational Blockworld (RBW) interpretation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics (NRQM) is introduced. Accordingly, the spacetime of NRQM is a relational, non-separable blockworld whereby spatial distance is only defined between interacting trans-temporal objects. RBW is shown to provide a novel statistical interpretation of the wavefunction that deflates the measurement problem, as well as a geometric account of quantum entanglement and non-separability that satisfies locality per special relativity and is free of interpretative mystery. We present RBW’s acausal and adynamical resolution of the so-called “quantum liar paradox,” an experimental set-up alleged to be problematic for a spacetime conception of reality, and conclude by speculating on RBW’s implications for quantum gravity.

Keywords  Blockworld - Non-relativistic quantum mechanics - Entanglement - Non-locality - Measurement problem - Quantum liar paradox

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