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So to unify the theories they are actually keeping them separate?



In a way, yes, but not exactly. As far as I understand the idea is that gravity induces the collapse in quantum mechanics, which would be a huge conceptual change (and IMO a very satisfying solution to the measurement problem).

Moreover, according to the article this collapse does not preserve the key property of quantum mechanical time evolution: unitarity (aka "preservation of past information" aka "predictability of the future").

> The new theory allows for information to be destroyed, due to a fundamental breakdown in predictability.




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