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Two Hypotheses to Bridge the Gap Between General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

by MaybeItWorks
29th May 2025
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What follows are two speculative hypotheses that attempt to offer a bridge — however conceptual — between general relativity and quantum mechanics. These ideas do not pretend to be rigorous theories, but rather imaginative possibilities that could inspire reflection or open new lines of questioning.

 

First hypothesis: The Relative Scale of Planck

 

What if, at the Planck scale, particles and atoms that we consider tiny would actually appear gigantic — comparable to houses — in their own reference frame?

Could this radical shift in scale be at the root of the incompatibility between general relativity (which works perfectly at our scale) and quantum mechanics (which governs the infinitely small)?

In other words: might the laws of physics be perceived differently depending on the scale of observation? Could gravity behave differently if we were “inside” the Planck world, instead of observing it from “outside” as we currently do?


 

Second hypothesis: Perceptual Relativity by Scale


What if speed was not an absolute value, but could also depend on the scale at which it is observed?

For example: if I move at 3 km/h, that is very slow at our human scale.

But if an atom were to “observe” this movement (assuming it could), might it perceive it as extremely fast — perhaps even near the speed of light at its own scale?

Could this perspective produce an effect similar to time dilation predicted by special relativity, but triggered not by absolute speed, but by scale-relative perception of speed?

Could we then imagine that time flows differently depending on the scale of observation — not due to actual speed, but due to the perceived speed from within a given frame of reference?