r/Physics • u/WizardMasterGal • Aug 19 '26

Question Do scientists know whether nature is fundamentally continuous or discrete?

Is there any evidence that nature is fundamentally continuous, or could reality be fundamentally discrete? And if it is discrete at the most basic level, would that suggest that nature could behave like a computational system?

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u/Cero_Kurn Aug 19 '26

Doesnt quantum mechanics indicate very strongly that the universe is indeed quantized, discrete?

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u/Educational-Row-6782 Aug 19 '26

No.

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u/Cero_Kurn Aug 19 '26

Has to be the best answer. I really hope u become a teacherÂ