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To: grey_whiskers; All
"Why is matter quantized but time is continuous? I've always wondered."

Wave-particle duality.

Time and energy, like position and momentum, are two sides of the same coin. The more you know about one, the less you know about the other. (through e=mc^2, matter and energy are mere manifestations of one another)

The uncertainty of T x the uncertainty of E is greater than or equal to Planck's Constant(h) over 2pi(2 x 3.14)

Am I a quantum physicist? No. But I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night!

49 posted on 05/20/2008 5:10:14 AM PDT by Eye On The Left
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To: Eye On The Left
'Tis Ok. My doctorate is in molecular collision theory, so I still remember some of it.

Cheers!

51 posted on 05/20/2008 5:24:11 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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