Em 30/12/2012 05:10, RussellMc escreveu:
>>> Anyone who thinks they understand QM has not yet understood
>>> either that
>>> - you can but the answer is utterly ludicrous (many universes) or
>>> - ...?
>> Then I heard that time itself might be in quanta. Not a flowing river,
>> but a dripping tap under a stroboscope
>>
>> Noooooooooooo ..............
>>
> The universe is quantised, arguably.
>
> Max possible states =3D Volume of universe /(Planck length)^3 x
> Age_of_universe/Planck_time.
>
> A large but finite number.
>
> __
>
> It is also argued that the whole of space time is a multidimensional
> mapping of all that was and is and will be and that our impression
> that time "flows" is an illusion.
>
>
>          Russell


Perhaps all that is related to the number of bits in the mantissa and
the tick resolution of the computer that runs this universe.


Best regards,

Isaac

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