Wigner’s Diamond and the Quantum Fragmentation of Space-time
Recent no-go theorems on interpretations of quantum theory featuring an assumption of ‘Absoluteness of Observed Events’ (AOE) are shown to have an unexpectedly strong corollary: one cannot reject AOE and at the same time assume that the ‘observed events’ in question can all be (i) single-valued and (ii) embedded within a single background space-time common to all observers. Consequently, interpretations that reject AOE appear incompatible with a ‘block universe’ view of space-time.
Authors
- Jacques Pienaar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5445-824X)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Foundations of Physics
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-026-00915-z
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00