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On 10/8/2018 10:37 AM, Edward Prochak wrote:
> On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 5:01:02 PM UTC-4, benj wrote:
>> On 10/5/2018 12:05 PM, Edward Prochak wrote:
>>> On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 10:14:33 PM UTC-4, Sylvia Else wrote:
>>>> On 4/10/2018 6:53 AM, alal65536@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> Can anything be smaller than Planck length?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. The Planck length is not a minimum length, and was never conceived
>>>> as such. It's just the length below which you definitely need a theory
>>>> of quantum gravity to make sense of things.
>>>>
>>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>> I don't know that Quantum gravity will make a difference.
>>> As I understand it, Planck length is the theoretical limit
>>> of our observations. So we we would need more than just a
>>> new theory, we would need entirely new means of measuring.
>>>
>>> Or am I off in the deep end of the pool?  8^)
>>> Ed
>>
>> Planck length is not some size where length can go no smaller. It is the
>> size where all known theories stop working. The fact that Planck length
>> uses the gravitational constant as one of it's parameters and gravity is
>> not understood shows the problem with the concept.
> 
> Congratulations, benj, you added something useful.
> Thanks.
>    ed
> 
You are welcome.
(snide comment ignored)

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How can anything be infinitely small? alal65536@gmail.com - 2018-10-03 13:53 -0700
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    Re: How can anything be infinitely small? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-10-04 20:37 -0700
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  Re: How can anything be infinitely small? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2018-10-05 12:14 +1000
    Re: How can anything be infinitely small? Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 09:05 -0700
      Re: How can anything be infinitely small? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 17:00 -0400
        Re: How can anything be infinitely small? Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 07:37 -0700
          Re: How can anything be infinitely small? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 11:57 -0400
  Re:How can anything be infinitely small? Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-10-05 08:39 +0200
    Re:How can anything be infinitely small? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 07:01 -0700
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    Re: How can anything be infinitely small? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 16:48 -0400

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