Re: [Phys-l] Gravitons

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

My totally baseless suspicion is that space/time itself is quantized 
and will provide the missing link.
.
At 2:06 PM +0000 11/9/11, Rauber, Joel wrote:
> I'm not sure how this fits into the discussion given below; and I 
> don't think it contradicts anything.
>
> But I believe that it is still the case that no one has offered up a 
> self-consistent quantum theory of gravity in the "usual" sense of 
> QFT (standard quantum field theory).  Some string theories are 
> believed (shown?) to be quantizable in a self-consistent manner.
>
> While this may not change the opinion that scenario A is preferable 
> (in the sense of community consensus indicating that it is the most 
> likely situation);  it does provide some basis for believing that 
> nature may provide more interesting physics along the lines of 
> scenario B.
>
> Comments offered up for discussion and criticism.
>
> Joel