Planck time/length infinite and defined?

[jarroe]

Wouldn't the shortest interval of time and the smallest object always be an infinite #? How can you ever stop splitting something in half? Hard to fathom on that level I guess. Logic tells me they are infinite?

 

[jedishrfu]

I think you're looking at it all wrong. There is a view that Spacetime is pixelated into small volumes of Planck length. Rather like a digital photo where you can only zoom in so far.

 

[jarroe]

Makes it easier to comprehend. thanks

 

[sophiecentaur]

This is one of many examples where Maths and 'Reality' part company at some stage.

 

[Dale]

This is one of many examples where Maths and 'Reality' part company at some stage.

We don't know that yet. Some people presume it to be the case, but we are not anywhere near being able to probe length scales this small to actually see.

 

[sophiecentaur]

We don't know that yet. Some people presume it to be the case, but we are not anywhere near being able to probe length scales this small to actually see.

Agreed. But the Maths doesn't prove it either way. Any connection would, as yet, be a matter of faith, not based on available evidence.