Naive Quantum Gravity

TL;DR

This paper proposes an alternative approach to quantum gravity by removing the statistical aspect of quantum mechanics through boundary conditions, aligning it with general relativity and avoiding configuration space.

Contribution

It introduces a non-statistical quantum formalism using final boundary conditions, compatible with four-dimensional spacetime and retrocausality, differing from traditional quantization methods.

Findings

Provides a viable non-statistical quantum gravity framework

Eliminates the need for configuration space in quantum mechanics

Utilizes retrocausality to incorporate final boundary conditions

Abstract

A possible alternative route to a quantum theory of gravity is presented. The usual path is to quantize the gravitational field in order to introduce the statistical structure characteristic of quantum mechanics. The procedure followed here instead is to remove the statistical element of quantum theory by introducing final boundary conditions as well as initial. The relevant quantum formalism then becomes compatible with the non-statistical nature of general relativity and a viable theory can be constructed without difficulty. This approach also provides a simple method of avoiding the configuration space description of quantum mechanics and allows the formulation to be carried out entirely within the four dimensions of spacetime. These advantages are made possible by the inherent retrocausal nature of the final boundary conditions.