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Likewise, the [[quantum logic]] interpretation of [[quantum theory]] as a language for discussing measurement results due to [[Von Neumann]] is a matter of applying general principles of measurement. Putting this together with special relativity leads to the [[Dirac equation]], and ultimately to [[qed]], and bootstrap principles were at the root of the claim that the only possible model for unification is [[string theory]], although in the view of a number of physicists that claim is wrongly founded because string theory violates a vital general principle in that it is not background independent.

Bootstrapping can also be in reference to a method by which one can reach a higher level of understanding by building off of lower levels. For example, one can bootstrap your way to a solution to any quantum mechanical problem using the infinite square well as your start. This can be proven.

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