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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote] [quote]Space is discrete. [/quote] Im sorry but this is just not true. [/quote] Well, I suppose technically it isn't true, but neither is it false. So far, we just don't know enough about quantum mechanics to be sure. Zeno's argument is a pretty good one, though there are other ways to resolve the dilemma. Though, with concepts of Planck length ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_length ) and similar things, there is definitely a point at which we can no longer measure space, so it seems likely that there is a point at which space is no longer divisible. Like pixels on a monitor. [quote]So if timespace where discrete it would have holes in between the points. wich can not be true. [/quote] The definition of discrete: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discrete (Separate, distinct, individual.) Don't jump to [i]discrete functions[/i], those are a separate concept. There doesn't need to be space between points -- they can be nestled up together. Furthermore, and the quantum level, almost everything is empty space anyway, so why would it matter anyway? Bear in mind that quantum mechanics is [i]weird[/i]. Really weird. Things can exist in multiple places at once. Quanta can be [i]entangled[/i] such that meddling with one produces the same change in the other, regardless of how far apart they are. Both of those are much stranger than space having, essentially, a resolution. Also, I'm kinda sick of defending this tangential discussion. So, unless the train gravitates back to it's rails, I probably won't contribute any further to this spiral of insanity. :) Loading...
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