Beyond_Planck
Abstract
This paper proposes a fundamental reconceptualization of quantum foam and the roleof time in quantum mechanics. Building on the foundational work of Planck, Wheeler,and Einstein, and informed by the experimental breakthroughs recognized by the 2025Nobel Prize in Physics, we argue that the persistent measurement problem in quantummechanics may be an artifact of the assumption that time is a fundamental property ofreality. By removing linear time as an axiom, several long-standing quantumparadoxes—including wavefunction collapse, Schrödinger’s cat, quantumentanglement, and wave-particle duality—dissolve into natural consequences of astatic, complete, timeless structure. This conceptual framework reinterprets quantumfoam not as a dynamically fluctuating process but as a complete, fractal reality in whichall possible states coexist, with observation serving as the mechanism by whichspecific aspects are revealed from a given position. We outline the implications of thisperspective and propose directions for mathematical formalization and experimentalinvestigation.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 4 March 2026
- Language
- EN