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The hypothesis considered at the very end of the article is intriguing. Time is generally viewed as a smooth variable. But fundamental thermodynamic limits on c
by wayfarer1291 5y ago
The hypothesis considered at the very end of the article is intriguing. Time is generally viewed as a smooth variable. But fundamental thermodynamic limits on clocks suggest that there are in fact discrete steps occurring which we smooth over since they are below our measurement capabilities in general. I'm not entirely sure what the implications would be, but it does sort of make sense that this is in fact true.
- bryan0 5y agoRight. Is this just a limit on our ability to measure, or a deeper truth about the nature of time? If QM is a guide then it might be a deeper truth.
- cinquemb 5y ago> or a deeper truth about the nature of time You may be interested in "Time Orientability" [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk7vkhT0UCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk7vkhT0UCM
- crocal 5y agoThis is the precise point of the famous article by Leslie Lamport on time, clocks and the ordering of events in a distributed system. I was surprised that it was not mentioned in this article, as it formalizes the link between this fact and the relativity of time.