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Re:Fractons, the ‘weirdest’ matter, could yield quantum clues by procgen on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:28PM (#27979458)
This this is the approach that Stephen Wolfram's physics project is exploring. In their model, everything is made of space, and space is a hypergraph.

https://www.wolframphysics.org/

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Re:Fractons, the ‘weirdest’ matter, could yield quantum clues by jiggawatts on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:53AM (#27980993)
It isn't really. Wolfram's approach is relatively unique in that he bases it entirely on graphs alone, and no other structure.

There are several hints in more "standard" physics that a possible TOE could be based a model where you can think of the "stuff" of the universe more like a crystal with defects.

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Re:Fractons, the ‘weirdest’ matter, could yield quantum clues by galaxyLogic on Thursday July 29, 2021 @01:11PM (#27998776)
Interesting. Then what is a "node" in a graph? What is made of? Could it be a graph?
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Re:Fractons, the ‘weirdest’ matter, could yield quantum clues by procgen on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @09:41AM (#27983601)
A 'crystal with defects' sounds like a graph to me, but I'm only a dilettante.
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Re:Fractons, the ‘weirdest’ matter, could yield quantum clues by procgen on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:30PM (#27979468)
...and I just read your bio - ha!
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