Having a hypothesis that is consistent with both relativity and quantum mechanics, as they are currently conceived, is no small matter. According to one of the

Having a hypothesis that is consistent with both relativity and quantum mechanics, as they are currently conceived, is no small matter. According to one of the paper's authors: "It was generally assumed within the scientific community that resolving this paradox would require a huge paradigm shift in physics, forcing the potential reformulation of either quantum mechanics or general relativity. "What we found—and I think is particularly exciting—is that this isn't necessary."