John: Quantum theories of Physics insist that space is quantized just like everything else.
Richard: Please provide proof that this is so. I do not believe you. On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:27 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 7:57 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > if space-time isn't an infinitely divisible continuum, it presumably has >> some sort of granularity, >> > > Our quantum theories may need work. Quantum theories of Physics insist > that space is quantized just like everything else, that is to say space can > not be continuous but must be grainy and the lumps in space must be as > large or larger than the Planck Length of 1.62*10^-35 of a meter because > size is meaningless in quantum theories if things are smaller than that. > But now to everybody's surprise there is experimental evidence that seems > to say that if space is quantized at all then the lumps must be smaller > than 10^-48 of a meter; that's at least ten thousand billion times smaller > than the Planck Length, the smallest size previously thought to exist and > it makes one wonder if the smallest possible size is actually zero. For > more see: > > http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-physics-einstein.html > > John K Clark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
