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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If you take the smallest distance that exists and divide it by the shortest amount of time that can pass

btw that's a nonsensical argument. there can be both space and time smaller than that.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Since the 1950s, it has been conjectured that quantum fluctuations of the spacetime metric might make the familiar notion of distance inapplicable below the Planck length.[23][37][22] This is sometimes expressed by saying that "spacetime becomes a foam at the Planck scale".[38] It is possible that the Planck length is the shortest physically measurable distance, since any attempt to investigate the possible existence of shorter distances, by performing higher-energy collisions, would result in black hole production.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_units#Planck_length

Same is true for the Planck time, although the English Wikipedia is oddly blank for that one: there can be no space or time smaller than that within the physics that we have come up with.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

welllll i say that's a reaaaly sketchy and irrational way to look at things.

like, even if you smallest ruler is 1 mm, that does not mean that smaller things don't exist. they can still play a role, i.e. through chaotic behavior smaller perturbations could be up-amplified until they are measurable.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago

welllll i say that's a reaaaly sketchy and irrational way to look at things.

Okay? You be you, I guess. I mean, stupid physicist eggheads, what do they know?

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 12 hours ago

ok, go measure it then dumbass