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Re:Why Discrete Math Is Important by dbcurtis on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @11:23AM (#16214735)
Would you concede that the Planck length is a good approximation of the smallest measurable length in the universe?
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Re:Why Discrete Math Is Important by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @11:31AM (#16214811)
The change in radius of a black hole when 1 bit of information is added is much smaller than 1 Planck length. The Planck length is just a convenient unit of measure in physics. It has no relevance to limits of space or time at all.

Here's an article on the subject:

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-anything-smaller-than-a-Planc...

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Re:Why Discrete Math Is Important by dbcurtis on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @02:04PM (#16216356)
Interesting. I am now better informed.
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Re:Why Discrete Math Is Important by Sean1708 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:22PM (#16215265)
Why would the Planck length be the smallest measurable length in the universe?

Edit: To be more clear: Is there a theoretical reason why the Planck length would approximate the smallest measurable length?

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