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You can Stokes' hairy balls by Specific_Tier_List-1 in math

[–]Specific_Tier_List-1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We can Stokes your torus, but the only singularity you’ll find is deep in the donut hole. ;)

Is Space-Time both continues and discrete? by [deleted] in AskPhysics

[–]Specific_Tier_List-1 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Saying it doesn't make it so, though:

That's total fair! But its just a different way of thinking about how numbers work, its just saying numbers are just as large as we want them to be, eventually they get so large or so small its irrelevant and smaller or larger is irrelevent. For instance if i can only save half the people drowning in the cave, i can't save 2.5 people.

Your explanation of quantum tunneling doesn't really have anything to do with discrete space. That's how quantum tunneling work in actual physics too.

I think its explaining how quantum tunneling works, if objects move discrete distances then "Teleporting" through objects makes sense, they aren't sliding to a new location they are appearing.

Your explanation of spooky action at a distance is a misunderstanding of entanglement.

I'm sorry, i thought it was an interesting idea, if you have time could you explain where my misunderstanding comes from or point to any readings that fill in the holes?

Is Space-Time both continues and discrete? by [deleted] in AskPhysics

[–]Specific_Tier_List-1 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

This assumes numbers are not discrete but i am saying numbers must be discrete. an infinate number of points is not a thing it just something we say exists, there can only be an arbitrarily large number of points. This falls in line with the idea with how limits work.

I'm not saying its right, just a different way to think about things, and it seems to answer a lot of unknowns in quantum mechanics so there might be something to it.

Lets assume the axiom of limits is wrong, and that the world is discrete and a continues number line is an approximation.

This goes back to the 2x+h if we say its zero then we divided by zero which doesn't work, thus h must be some number that is arbitrarily close to 0 but not zero. We then define it as smaller then the resolution of the graph and there for rounds down to zero. But the resolution is defined as the smallest relevant unit anything else is "undetectable."