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Quantum Gravity (Was: Intervals (Was: NIAM (was: Just one more anecdote)))

From: Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:21:16 -0400
Message-Id: <9775t2-66g.ln1@pluto.downsfam.net>


-CELKO- wrote:

>>> Declaring column "MYDATE rdate" actually generated two columns,
>>> MYDATE_BEG and MYDATE_END. <<

>
> I disagree. The nature of time is a continuum -- see Zeno and Einstein
> for details.

See quantum gravity. It is very much in question whether or not time is continuous below the Planck time. It just looks continuous to us macro-beings.

-- 
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)
Received on Sun Aug 14 2005 - 20:21:16 CDT

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