Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "The machine code of the universe is discrete | Stephen Wolfram and Lex Fridman" video.

Is there a way to calculate the scale at which space starts acting like a continuum instead of a discretized set (if that's the right term)? Edit: I should stop writing down hot takes when it's this late, this is exactly what they talked about next. Although, not at a very detailed level, ironically. So a proton is about 10^-15, and the universe is at a resolution of about 10^-100? Sounds plausible that a proton should see this as a continuum. What's the risk that all this is just a function of the computing approach, though?
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@facejets Well, I think there's an issue of a qualitative difference rather than a quantitative difference. An infinitely divisible universe is not the same as a discrete-space universe, and honestly, I'm not sure that one is "simpler" than another.
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@facejets Well, reality / space, like what they're talking about here, except they're claiming it's discrete.
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