What if Quantum Gravity is "just'' Quantum Information Theory?

TL;DR

This paper explores the radical idea that holographic quantum gravity might be fundamentally equivalent to quantum information theory, implying no adjustable constants and a unified description of different quantum gravity theories.

Contribution

It proposes that quantum gravity can be understood through quantum information theory, leading to implications like universal duality and a unique state for closed universes.

Findings

All complete bulk theories of quantum gravity are dual to each other.

Wormholes could connect any two quantum gravity theories via entangled states.

A tensor network representation suggests a single state for a closed universe.

Abstract

I suggest the possibility that holographic quantum gravity is, in some sense, equivalent to quantum information theory. Some radical implications would follow. First, the theory of quantum gravity should have no adjustable coupling constants, similar to string theory. Thus, all complete bulk theories of quantum gravity are dual to each other. By setting up an appropriately entangled state, it should be possible to find wormholes connecting any two quantum gravity theories (e.g. string theory and loop quantum gravity). Secondly, if we represent space at one time as a tensor network, then dynamics is automatically encoded via gauge-equivalent descriptions of the boundary state. This would appear to imply, contrary to semiclassical expectations, that a closed universe should have only one state.