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    Challenges→If the gravitational field remained classical while coupled to quantum matter, one could violate the uncertainty relations.

    The argument assumes a sharp ontological divide between 'classical' and 'quantum' regimes, but decoherence theory shows this boundary is contextual and observer-relative.

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    • 1.Decoherence timescales depend on system-environment coupling strength, which varies with observational context and measurement apparatus design.
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    • 2.No fundamental law specifies a fixed threshold where quantum behavior ceases; classical mechanics emerges gradually through environmental interaction.
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    • 3.Observer-relative frameworks (like QBism) successfully predict outcomes without positing observer-independent ontological boundaries between regimes.
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    • 1.Decoherence explains apparent classicality without requiring observer-dependence; contextuality describes epistemic limits, not ontological fluidity.
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    • 2.Physical facts about decoherence rates are objective and measurable independent of any observer's perspective or measurement choice.
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    • 3.Conflating contextual knowledge with contextual ontology commits a category error—map-dependence doesn't entail territory-dependence.
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