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Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by ainiriand on Thursday July 16, 2020 @05:45AM (#23857329)
If we consider the gears a perfect mechanism with no loss due to friction or wear then yes, it moves. Probably in a sub-atomic scale, but yes.
Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by hoseja on Thursday July 16, 2020 @05:54AM (#23857363)
Unless space-time is quantized.
Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by trentdk on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:58AM (#23858075)
My mind just exploded. Would you have to breach a threshold to jump to the next state?
Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by Akronymus on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:50AM (#23859544)
From my understanding, you start with a 0% chance to be in one state and 100%[1] to be in the other. Then the probability starts shifting more and more, till it is the other way around.

At least that is what I think it is, due to me having a very limited amount of knowledge in quantum physics. If a expert could confirm/deny my reasoning, it'd be appreciated.

[1] That is probably an exagerration as it would likely span more than just 2 possible states at any one time, but I chose two as a way to make it more understandable.

Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by sjwright on Thursday July 16, 2020 @12:13PM (#23860434)
It’s true for converting liquid into gas.
Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by nkrisc on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:04AM (#23858569)
So we could measure its movement in arc-Plancks?
Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by saalweachter on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:00AM (#23859057)
Assuming the query [10^100 planck lengths to lightyears] is a correct interpretation of the question, a tooth on the first gear would need to move ~10^49 light years (well, in a circle) before a tooth on the last gear moved 1 Planck length.

I am less familiar with arc-Plancks, but I assume that is sufficient to say "the last gear doesn't move".