prase comments on Is quantum physics (easily?) computable? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 20 October 2011 10:48:21PM 2 points [-]

Not just that, you are free to choose a gauge that only "kicks in" the future. In fact there is no unique well-defined future history, just a future defined up,to gauge even if you fix a choice of gauge for the present.

Comment author: prase 21 October 2011 10:32:13AM 1 point [-]

Gauge fixing has to be done for all history, else there is fewer equations than dynamical variables, of course.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 22 October 2011 12:39:37AM 2 points [-]

The point is that this is very hard to do for general relativity.