Quantum mechanics is a hugely successful physical theory that describes our world at the micro-scale.

量子力学是一个高度成功的物理理论，它从微观的尺度上描述了我们的世界。

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Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it.

任何物理理论都是暂时的，因为它只是一种假设：人们永远不可能也证明它。

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So Descartes ends up with rather a nice and neat physical theory and certainly a very effective challenge to Aristotle.

笛卡尔以美妙清晰的物理学理论解释了这一现象，同时这也是对亚里士多德的有效挑战。

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In any case, general relativity directly contradicts quantum mechanics, the other great physical theory of the 20th century, so more and more precise tests need to be carried out to find out what cracks might exist in either theory.

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The idea has been debated in the scientific literature, but presentations at the American Physical Society meeting put the theory on firmer footing.

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This research, published recently in Physical Review Letters, supports a theory put forward several years ago by John Abrahamson, a chemical engineer from the University of Canterbury, in New Zealand.

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