It’s time to admit quantum theory has reached a dead end
Amusing to see all the pessimistic comments form programmers who have zero understanding beyond high school maths thinking somehow there is a magic solution to all the problems in physics like you can just refactor everything.<p>Quantum field theory is definitely not stuck in the 1920s. Modern physics has a lot more going on than 19th century mathematics. We understand quite a lot about the mathematical structure underpinning quantum field theories.<p>Quantisation is a nearly well  understood process, it’s not simply heuristics and guesswork.<p>Unfortunately, it’s not like much smarter than anyone posting here haven’t considered lots of wild ideas, it’s just that a lot of them haven’t worked, and we have been funnelled into what we currently have. There are infinitely many more interesting mathematical objects and ideas possible than what is allowed.<p>Quantum mechanics, or say quantum field theory, has really good predictive power. What ever comes next needs to at least be consistent. Unfortunately I think things are going to get more complicated. Don’t use your intuition developed from grinding out web crap to try and reason about the forefront of human knowledge.