Quantum Mechanics Is Probably Wrong.
<p>O<strong>ne</strong> of the central claims of quantum theory is that there’s a minimum amount of <em>action</em> that we can have in physical systems. Objects within physical systems do not move in smooth continua, but in discrete steps. Each of these steps may have a minimum length, minimum amount of duration, and minimum energy associated with them. We determine these minima by Planck’s constant, discovered by Max Planck in 1900. In terms of energy, Planck’s constant has an energy of 6.63 x 10^-34 Js. The problem with this is that there’s a case to be made that action due to gravity has a lower value than this; the gravity between two atoms of ordinary hydrogen, for example, is far lower at 1.86 x 10^-62 Nm³/kg². This transplackian problem of gravity also dogged Stephen Hawking when he was considering photons moving across black hole event horizons; their frequencies seemingly became infinite and, thereby, their wavelengths shrank beneath a Planck length.</p>
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