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Shorter than short?

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JudeB

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We all know that the shortest calculated unit of time and measurement is the Planck, but is it possible for there to be a smaller unit than that? I want to hear your thoughts on this question.
 
We don't all know that the shortest calculated unit of time and
measurement is the Planck. I am somebody, and I don't know that.
I don't dispute it. I've just never heard of it, til now.


"The Planck time is the time that light takes to travel one Planck length. (5.391 247 × 10⁻⁴⁴ sec.,
Full Form: .000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 053 912 47 sec."
Unit of time - Wikipedia
 
The fact that there are multiple non zero numbers at the end makes one think that a shorter time should theoretically exist. Also, you can mathematically calculate a half, fourth, ect of a Planck. Not sure if you could develop a gadget that could count fast enough to measure it in real time but human or machine limitations don't automatically negate it's existence. Why?
 
Bones: "Spock knows."
Kirk: "That's right Bones. Spock?"
Spock: "Perhaps you should ask the Rolling Stones, Captain. "

Kirk: "What?"
Bones: "They're dead, Jim. Spock is just stalling because he doesn't know."

Kirk: "Spock?"
Spock: "Isn't Keith Richards still alive, doctor?"
Bones: "Oh yeah. That's right Spock. He was declared immortal late in the 21st century. It was fortuitous that time was on his side."

Keith Richards:

"Currently there is no established unit of time smaller than the Planck time, which is approximately 5.4 x 10^-44 seconds. At scales smaller than the Planck time, our current physical theories fail to provide meaningful descriptions of reality. "

Bones: "Keith, how did you figure that out?"
Keith Richards: "Mushrooms, mate."

Spock: "He must be a vegetarian."
Kirk: "I'll explain it later, Spock."


Sir Brian May: "Are you guys sure about that? Just wondering."
Keith Richards: "Astrophysicists. Bloody hell."
 
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