Does 0.1 second Exist? by hansungje

Mr_Cipher 24th Jan 2018

Rational Irrational What's the difference! One can be written as a fraction and the other cannot!

LBPHacker 24th Jan 2018

Not true, lol. Please learn to use rationals numbers.

hansungje 23rd Jan 2018

And there by cannot used by ACCURATE time unit.

hansungje 23rd Jan 2018

But let's think about this situation. There is a stopwatch working. It counts up by 0.1 second. But if 0.1 second is not integer*plank time, then the interval of 0.0 second~0.1 second would be not same with 0.1~0.2 second.

LBPHacker 23rd Jan 2018

And there's a logical fallacy here anyway. The fact that the tenth of a second may not be an integer multiple of a plank doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just saying.

coryman 23rd Jan 2018

Well, let's look at this mathematically. If you take a random number, there's a 1/10 chance that it's divisible by 10. So odds are, no, 1/10 of a second isn't an integer value. That said, I doubt our definition of a second is accurate to enough significant figures that we know exactly how many planck lengths it is. It would be like asking if a mile is divisible by the width of an electron

NoVIcE 17th Jan 2018

Oh i understand... Okay. Well you said it - integer, that means whole number. So no.

magnetman33 14th Jan 2018

And high speed cameras that do 300k fps or more

magnetman33 6th Jan 2018

Seeing as most stopwatches do 1/100th (0.01) second, and there are far more precise timekeeping devices, yes?

NoVIcE 6th Jan 2018

Why not?

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Does 0.1 second Exist? by hansungje

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