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It’s really striking that for most of the plausible theories of quantum gravity that we have, in some sense their message is, yeah, general relativistic spacetime isn’t in there at the fundamental level,” Knox says. “People get very excited when different theories of quantum gravity agree on at least something.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-spacetime-really-made-of/

Can you please direct me to papers and other references in which physicists have made the claim that spacetime is emergent and does not exist at the quantum level?

This article states:

It’s really striking that for most of the plausible theories of quantum gravity that we have, in some sense their message is, yeah, general relativistic spacetime isn’t in there at the fundamental level,” Knox says. “People get very excited when different theories of quantum gravity agree on at least something.”

Can you please direct me to papers and other references in which physicists have made the claim that spacetime is emergent and does not exist at the quantum level?

I have a masters in physics but I’m not an expert. I understand the mathematics of general relativity, quantum field theory, and the standard model. In terms of my motivation, I’m trying to get a deeper understanding so that I can begin to read more specialized papers in the areas of quantum gravity, the Higgs boson and other outstanding problems in quantum/particle/relativistic physics. I’m writing a science fiction novel in which I teach all of these things in layman’s terms.

This article states:

“It’s really striking that for most of the plausible theories of quantum gravity that we have, in some sense their message is, yeah, general relativistic spacetime isn’t in there at the fundamental level,” Knox says. “People get very excited when different theories of quantum gravity agree on at least something.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-spacetime-really-made-of/

Can you please direct me to papers and other references in which physicists have made the claim that spacetime is emergent and does not exist at the quantum level?

This article states:

It’s really striking that for most of the plausible theories of quantum gravity that we have, in some sense their message is, yeah, general relativistic spacetime isn’t in there at the fundamental level,” Knox says. “People get very excited when different theories of quantum gravity agree on at least something.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-spacetime-really-made-of/

Can you please direct me to papers and other references in which physicists have made the claim that spacetime is emergent and does not exist at the quantum level?