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Re:How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really? by Noaidi on Saturday June 27, 2026 @04:08PM (#48701271)
If something cannot be reduced, does it exist as an entity?
Re:How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really? by rolph on Saturday June 27, 2026 @06:57PM (#48702577)
something that cant be reduced would be the only entity, all other things are assemblages of that entity, the problem of variability occurs, if you can observe at the scale of absolute fundamental structure, how can difference occur?
Re:How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really? by Noaidi on Sunday June 28, 2026 @09:09AM (#48706971)
Maybe it’s not the thing that is different, maybe it’s our minds that create difference?

And by difference, I mean, establish boundaries between objects.

Re:How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really? by rolph on Sunday June 28, 2026 @11:45PM (#48714546)
you suggesting that there is a continuity of spacetime rather than a pixelation, which is perfectly valid, the whole problem with planck units is that they are extrapolations, just like the infinity or the point particle, they are mathematical extremes.

the geometric structure of spacetime at planck scale is problematic, considering how you might visualise a planck polyhedron so that no space is defined in less than whole planck units i.e. all dimensions of length are whole numbers.

you have to do some topological trickery to make a discreet planck volume that works.