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So, to an accuracy of a factor of 10: smallest theoretical scale is 10^-35 m, i.e. Planck length smallest observed scale is 10^-19 m, i.e. quark interactio
by vorg 11y ago
So, to an accuracy of a factor of 10:
smallest theoretical scale is 10^-35 m, i.e. Planck length
smallest observed scale is 10^-19 m, i.e. quark interactions
smallest life scale is 10^-6 m, i.e. bacteria and viruses
size of vessel of consciousness is 10^-1 m, i.e. human brain
largest life scale is 10^3 m, i.e. Blue Mountain honey fungus
largest observed scale 10^26 m, i.e. the cosmic horizon
largest theoretical scale is unknown
Looking at this sequence of orders of magnitude, i.e. (-35, -19, -6, -1, 3, 26, ???) makes me wonder:
* is there a theory that encompasses General Relativity and defines a theoretical largest possible distance/time?
* perhaps consciousness, being in the middle, will never, via mathematics, unite such a theory with Quantum Mechanics
- contravariant 11y ago>is there a theory that encompasses General Relativity and defines a theoretical largest possible distance/time? It's possible to define a universe of nearly any possible shape, but most aren't really compatible with our observations. One that fits reasonably well would be the de Sitter space, which fits most important criteria, and has a finite size at each moment in time.
- placeybordeaux 11y agoFor those that wanted a visualization 10^-35 - Planck length 10^-34 10^-33 10^-32 10^-31 10^-30 10^-29 10^-28 10^-27 10^-26 10^-25 10^-24 10^-23 10^-22 10^-21 10^-20 10^-19 - quark interactions 10^-18 10^-17 10^-16 10^-15 10^-14 10^-13 10^-12 10^-11 - hydrogen atom 10^-10 10^-9 10^-8 10^-7 10^-6 - bacteria and viruses 10^-5 10^-4 10^-3 10^-2 10^-1 - human brain 10^0 10^1 10^2 10^3 - Blue Mountain honey fungus 10^4 10^5 10^6 10^7 10^8 - Diameter of our sun 10^9 10^10 10^11 10^12 10^13 10^14 10^15 10^16 - Oort cloud 10^17 10^18 10^19 10^20 - Our Galaxy 10^21 10^22 10^23 10^24 10^25 10^26 - the cosmic horizon