• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    A finite level to how close you can zoom in is very different from pixels. Pixels (or voxels in this case) are indivisible elements of a larger whole that exist along an evenly spaced grid. The universe doesn’t have a Cartesian coordinate system measured in Planck lengths

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      Pixels (or voxels in this case) are indivisible elements of a larger whole that exist along an evenly spaced grid.

      That’s exactly what a Planck unit of spacetime is. And yes, the Universe–like a screen–is divided into an evenly-spaced grid any time you choose a coordinate system.