[Nick Danger]

Perhaps there is a minimum distance -- a quantum of space -- and a minimum amount of time -- a quantum of time. There is a speed limit on light because it cannot take less than one quantum of time to travel across one quantum of space. Do I know what I'm talking about here? Absolutely not. But I don't think anyboody else does, either.

[VadeRetro]

You got it nonetheless. The "Planck" distance and the "Planck" time. Values very small in each case. Everything is grainy when you get small enough.

[forsnax5]

Perhaps there is a minimum distance -- a quantum of space -- and a minimum amount of time -- a quantum of time.

I gave myself a headache on one rainy saturday thinking about the ramifications of quantum time. It's a very interesting idea.

If you imagine a quantum of space like a square in a checkerboard (and make it a cube so it's 3-dimensional) and a quantum of time as how long it takes a quantum of light to pass from one quantum cube to the next, and then you imagine that space can be deformed, so that one quantum is not the same physical size as the next, and that the time quantum doesn't change with the space quantum, then...

HEADACHE!

[gonzo]

"...one quantum of time to travel across one quantum of space..."

I had a quantum of Scotch in my cabinet on NYE, but somebody made it empty-space. Them dang FLA-FReepers really know how to party.

Wait-a-sec.....never mind - it was me. Happy new Year, pal...........FRegards

[PFKEY]

Perhaps there is a minimum distance -- a quantum of space -- and a minimum amount of time -- a quantum of time. There is a speed limit on light because it cannot take less than one quantum of time to travel across one quantum of space. Do I know what I'm talking about here? Absolutely not. But I don't think anyboody else does, either.

Sounds like you have a firm grasp and a excellent wit.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"Perhaps there is a minimum distance -- a quantum of space -- and a minimum amount of time -- a quantum of time"

If there is a quantum of space and a quantum of time this could be the soucre of the uncertainties of quantum mechanics: since a particle would have to jump from one point on some invisible grid to another, there is uncertainty about it's position when it is jumping from one point to the other.

The bad news is that if we find out that space and time is quantized, it could be because we are all part of some very sophisticated "first-person shooter" game driven by a computer with a fixed clock speed (the time quanta) and a fixed resolution (the space quanta)!

Where's my missile launcher?