[who_would_fardels_bear]

I can't really measure why I like bacon much more than broccoli, but I know that I do and that matters a lot to me.

If I ever ordered a bacon cheeseburger and found that it had broccoli in it where the bacon ought to be I would be sorely disappointed.

[Dave Wright]

The difficulty in reconciling Einstein’s General Relativity with quantum mechanics is because GR is a classical, background dependent theory, and QM is not.

In classical theories there is an assumed background, i.e. spacetime, that is independent of the experiment being done. This is eliminated with QM that defines all phenomena in terms of statistical fluctuations that are modelled mathematically in the Schrodinger wave equation.

At small enough lengths (quantum scale) the gravitational force interacts with the other forces in a unified way and the classical problems like singularities are resolved. That’s what the math from string theory suggests at this point but we don’t have the tools to verify this prediction at this time.

[proud American in Canada]

I know what you mean!

I have developed an aversion to veggies. Especially broccoli.

However I continue to love bacon!

I do like tomatoes and avocados...but aren’t they both fruits?

Sorry for the rambling; just sitting outside on the balcony enjoying the happiest sound on Earth: children playing in the playground next door. :)