 Planck Length, Discretized position? |
 Aug 11 2007, 08:45 AM
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OK, let's say that you can't move less than a Planck Length (which may well be true, since you can't measure movement of less than a Planck Length). Does this imply that our universe has a discrete (if massively large) number of points in it through which we move?
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FrankTrollman Planck Length Aug 11 2007, 08:45 AM
odinson I would save for the part where Plank length has a... Aug 11 2007, 08:57 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (FrankTrollman) Does this imply that our uni... Aug 11 2007, 09:17 AM Synner Ah, so Zeno did get it right. Aug 11 2007, 09:51 AM Vaevictis Based upon your setup there, no, it doesn't im... Aug 11 2007, 10:08 AM virgileso Man, I only wish it was as simple as that, using P... Aug 11 2007, 10:11 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (virgileso) Instead, it just means there... Aug 11 2007, 10:15 AM knasser QUOTE (Vaevictis) Based upon your setup there, no,... Aug 11 2007, 11:53 AM Ancient History I'd rather not live in a discrete universe. I... Aug 11 2007, 12:39 PM Buster As a quantum private detective, I'm both discr... Aug 11 2007, 01:41 PM hobgoblin QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig) QUOTE (virgileso ... Aug 11 2007, 02:03 PM Prime Mover And the old man sternly announced, " Come now... Aug 11 2007, 02:46 PM Eleazar QUOTE (Synner) Ah, so Zeno did get it right.
... Aug 11 2007, 03:42 PM Demerzel The point about there being no requirement of movi... Aug 11 2007, 03:52 PM Aaron Except that a Planck length is just the lower thre... Aug 11 2007, 04:48 PM FrankTrollman Oh, I'm not suggesting that the universe is a ... Aug 11 2007, 05:26 PM hobgoblin ok, thats it, my head is spinning... Aug 11 2007, 05:28 PM Fortune QUOTE (Eleazar) Don't you mean Xenu?
I pre... Aug 11 2007, 06:33 PM FrankTrollman QUOTE (hobgoblin) ok, thats it, my head is spinnin... Aug 11 2007, 06:38 PM the_dunner Moved to General Gaming, as I'm not seeing a S... Aug 11 2007, 06:49 PM FrankTrollman I disagree. I think the core interesting portion o... Aug 11 2007, 07:03 PM Kagetenshi Vaevictus, knasser, and Demerzel are wrong—a pos... Aug 11 2007, 07:31 PM Kagetenshi I suspect I don't have nearly enough maths to ... Aug 11 2007, 07:47 PM Vaevictis QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Aug 11 2007, 02:31 PM) Va... Aug 11 2007, 10:58 PM Kagetenshi Yeah, he really should have relied on preexisting ... Aug 12 2007, 02:50 AM Vaevictis I also think you're going to have to discretiz... Aug 12 2007, 05:25 AM Kagetenshi That's not difficult to do, it seems—if you ... Aug 12 2007, 04:10 PM FrankTrollman A length of 3.2 Planck Lengths cannt be distinguis... Aug 12 2007, 06:39 PM Vaevictis Right, but for now, the only assumption that exist... Aug 12 2007, 06:41 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (FrankTrollman) A length of 3.2 Planck Lengt... Aug 12 2007, 09:40 PM FrankTrollman QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (FrankTrollman @ Aug... Aug 12 2007, 11:10 PM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (the_dunner) Moved to General Gaming, as I... Aug 12 2007, 11:15 PM FrankTrollman I'm mostly curious as to what exactly happens ... Aug 12 2007, 11:25 PM Ancient History I think, provided you could observe the object at ... Aug 12 2007, 11:55 PM
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