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Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by mirimir on Saturday March 18, 2017 @03:38PM (#13903108)
So is this basically saying that time is quantized?

Or did we know (whatever that means) that already?

Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by M_Grey on Saturday March 18, 2017 @05:25PM (#13903599)
I don't think it's implying that, at least, I'm not seeing it. The notion of spacetime being quantized though is very much not a proven thing, but it is very interesting. Things like QECC popping up in physical process makes it even more interesting to some.

At any rate, I think this paper applies equally well if spacetime is quantized or continuous.

Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by bmh100 on Saturday March 18, 2017 @07:11PM (#13903996)
In what physical processes?
Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by M_Grey on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:39AM (#13907323)
Around the event horizons of black holes, would be the big one.
Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by _rpd on Saturday March 18, 2017 @05:32PM (#13903624)
I think it is saying that: if it is true that more precise measurements of time require more energy, then there is a limit to how precisely we can measure time, even in theory.
Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by mirimir on Saturday March 18, 2017 @07:08PM (#13903982)
That's just about exactly what John Baez said about Plank length. So hey, it's space-time that's quantized. Makes sense to me.
Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by D_Alex on Saturday March 18, 2017 @11:54PM (#13905077)
If we are living in a simulation, time has to be quantized... at least if the simulating computer has a clock.
Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by jacquesm on Saturday March 18, 2017 @04:10PM (#13903257)
Planck time?
Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by M_Grey on Saturday March 18, 2017 @05:27PM (#13903609)
This is one of my favorites discussion of the Planck scale, I'd strongly recommend it. https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/hand-wavy-discussion-...
Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by mirimir on Saturday March 18, 2017 @06:23PM (#13903810)
Indeed, very cool. Plus, John Baez commented:

> Another way to think about the Planck length is that if you try to measure the position of an object to within in accuracy of the Planck length, it takes approximately enough energy to create a black hole whose Schwarzschild radius is… the Planck length!

That sounds familiar, here.

Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by mirimir on Saturday March 18, 2017 @04:25PM (#13903333)
I guess. But IANAP. Maybe someone can comment whether Planck time is part of Ruiz et al. (2017).