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February 6, 2026Open Access

Locality Alone Forbids Most Theory Extensions

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AMAmos Maley

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Overview

Argues that locality limits theoretical development, suggesting restricted paths for new physical theories.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how locality constrains theory construction in physics and limits viable extensions.
  • Analyzed the implications of locality as a structural constraint on theory extensions.
  • Identified and classified common failure modes in proposed theory extensions that attempt to maintain locality.
  • Examined the relation between locality, new interactions, and physical content.
  • Most proposed theory extensions that maintain locality are structurally inconsistent.
  • Three failure modes for these extensions were identified, showing they do not introduce coherent new physical content.
  • The analysis demonstrates that assuming locality dramatically reduces the number of feasible theoretical developments.

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Amos Maley (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698585548f7c464f23008a2chttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18477347
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