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by rolph 1 day ago
planck scale is the theoretical limit to disassembly.
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its only the limit we can probe things. just because we can’t measure something doesnt mean nature cant operate at that scale
actually the idea is that nature cant operate at that scale.

the thing about planck units is they are extrapolations that end at single planck length that has some problems just with basic geometry, as well as a supposed instability of a planck space spontaneously collapsing.

a planck unit volume must take a form that has dimensions of single planck units and pack together so that no smaller spacings are created. it cant be a sphere, at best it can be some sort of riemannian tetrahedron or triangle.

it would be conveinient if that level was a 2D plane, but it still has issues.

probe something smaller than a planck unit and nature operates by creating a black hole
there is no smaller than a planck unit.
If something cannot be reduced, does it exist as an entity?
something that cant be reduced would be the only entity, all other things are assemblages of that entity, the problem of variability occurs, if you can observe at the scale of absolute fundamental structure, how can difference occur?
Maybe it’s not the thing that is different, maybe it’s our minds that create difference?

And by difference, I mean, establish boundaries between objects.