[C19fan]

Einstein's Theory of General Relativity has the universe smooth at the smallest scales. But quantum mechanics implies a frothy bumpy space-time at smallest scale. I am not sure how this finding relates to the research of some physicists who believe space-time can be quantizied at the smallest scales.

[Raycpa]

I betting on fluffier nutter.

[cuban leaf]

I don’t understand why it is not true that the more one understands creation, the more one sees a creator behind it.

i.e. the more we know, the more we know we don’t know. It’s a fascinating search, though.

I see Science as trying to figure out how it all exists and Religion as trying to figure out why it all exists. The two are completely separate pursuits, though understanding one can often give keys to understanding the other.

[Redcitizen]

Ping.

[Candor7]

Its both chunky and smooth. It all depends on how far away the perspective is.

In short , one person’s chunk is another person’s smooth.

Space is infinitely malleable.

The ancients of the Yogacharin tradition of India had this all figured out.

If you want to take a crack at it, read here:

’ Glompses of Alaya’ ( Consciousness Space),

https://www.nalandatranslation.org/offerings/translations-and-commentaries/glimpses-of-alaya/

[Moonman62]

From Wiki:

Many theories in physics have mathematical singularities of one kind or another. Equations for these physical theories predict that the ball of mass of some quantity becomes infinite or increases without limit. This is generally a sign for a missing piece in the theory, as in the ultraviolet catastrophe, re-normalization, and instability of a hydrogen atom predicted by the Larmor formula.

Some theories, such as the theory of loop quantum gravity, suggest that singularities may not exist.[8] This is also true for such classical unified field theories as the Einstein–Maxwell–Dirac equations. The idea can be stated in the form that due to quantum gravity effects, there is a minimum distance beyond which the force of gravity no longer continues to increase as the distance between the masses becomes shorter, or alternatively that interpenetrating particle waves mask gravitational effects that would be felt at a distance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_singularity

[outofsalt]

You got chocolate on my universe!

[6ppc]

Article says they focused on a cloud 18 billion light years away. IIRC the universe is 13.7 billion years old so I’m wondering how they can see light 18 billion years old...maybe millions instead of billions?

[ZOOKER]

Shroedinger's Universe: when you open it, it gets all chunky, but how do we know it stays that way when we stop looking?

And how many theorists can dance on the head of a pin?

[sourcery]

Xeno’s Paradox strongly suggests that both space and time must be quantized.