Why does Banks compare holography and discreteness in his research?

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In the discussion, participants analyze Tom Banks' comparison of holography and discreteness in his research, specifically referencing papers such as arXiv:1109.2435 and arXiv:1108.5735. Banks emphasizes the need to differentiate between two types of discreteness: fluctuations in a polarized vacuum as a medium for light and the digital representation of mathematical space as a holographic image of polarized photons. The exclusion of the random walk model and many holographic models from the analysis is also highlighted, indicating a focused approach in Banks' work.

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Why does Banks liken http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2435" :confused:

Is http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5735" ? :rolleyes:
 
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aryy, I have a homework for you. Who was Tom Bank's doctoral student and who also hates Verlinde's gravity, which is acknowledged positively in this paper? Keep the name for yourself! :)
 
Do we have to distinguish between the two discretness ?
1. The analogous fluctuations in a polarized vacuum as a medium for light
2. The digital numbers of the mathematical space as a holographic picture of the polarized photon.

Why don't they distinguish it -"We exclude the random walk model and most of the holographic models of the space-time foam." http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.6005
 

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