The Trouble with Gravity: Why Can’t Quantum Mechanics explain it?

Thank you to Wondrium for sponsoring today’s video! Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: REFERENCES: Quantum gravity simplified: General Relativity simplified: What does quantum mechanics mean? Origin of space, time & gravity: How to get rid of infinities? Why can’t quantum mechanics explain gravity? Why quantize gravity? CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Deterministic to probabilistic universe 1:55 - Why must we quantize gravity? 6:22 - What is the central conflict with gravity and quantum mechanics? 9:09 - Why is quantizing gravity so difficult? 9:54 - Where do the infinities come from? 12:48 - String theory and LQG 14:10 - Great course on Wondrium!