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Re: quantization of space and time

At 4:15 PM -0500 3/9/00, John S. Denker wrote:


I wrote "there's no evidence that space is quantized" and people have been
wondering why I didn't say "space is not quantized."

Answer: In principle, it might be quantized at some ridiculously small
scale, such as 10^-999 meters.

The 'Planck Length' isn't nearly that small is it?
Is this 10^-999 meters the order of the 'rolled-up' extra dimensions
of String Theory?

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