[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/sci/ - Science & Math

View post   
File: 178 KB, 1280x764, seahorse-nebula[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
7171213 No.7171213 [Reply] [Original]

What is the smallest building block of the universe ? If it's energy then what is energy made of, and how come it came into existence ?

>> No.7171218

>>7171213
The most fundamental things in the universe are potential fields. Energy comes from differences in potentials. These fields span the entirety of the universe and yet are the basis for the existence of single atoms.

>> No.7171223

dick.

dick brings life.

>> No.7171474

>>7171218
i like this interpretation but I'm not sure i agree with it

>> No.7171481

>>7171213
>What is the smallest building block of the universe
We don't know.
What some theories say:

>Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model
quantum fields give rise to particles, matter, energy, and forces.
>String theory
strings make up everything.

It doesn't make sense to say that "energy" is a building block of the universe. Fundamentally, energy is just a mathematical concept (specifically, the energy of a time-invariant physical theory is the constant obtained from the time-invariance symmetry).

>> No.7171516

Probably sand or something. Sand is pretty small.

>> No.7171528

>>7171213
what's wrong with digital physics ? it says the fundamental unit is information

>> No.7171530

>>7171213
Quanta, by definition.

>> No.7171550

>>7171481
This anon said exactly what I was going to say...

>> No.7171587

>>7171550
You're welcome.

>> No.7171779

>>7171213
"All things physical are information-theoretic in origin and this is a participatory universe.

Observer participancy gives rise to information;

and information gives rise to physics."

(John A. Wheeler)

see "It from Bit".

>> No.7171782

>>7171779
>telescopes allowed us to observe and understand the stars
>stars are made up of telescopes

>> No.7171783

>>7171779
Digit: 0 or 1.

>> No.7171784

>>7171782
You're not following.

>> No.7171947

>>7171481
how does one make a quantum field? if they can't be made, how do they come into existence?

>> No.7171990

>>7171213
>What is the smallest building block of the universe ? If it's energy then what is energy made of, and how come it came into existence ?
If you can find the answers to these questions, then you will win the Nobel prize, and become Chief of the LHC, and have job offers at every university in the world.
Do you get my drift?

>> No.7171995
File: 2.88 MB, 932x548, what if i told you.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
7171995

>>7171213
>What is the smallest building block of the universe ?

1s and 0s

>> No.7172580

>>7171223
underrated post

>> No.7174093

>>7171782
kek

>> No.7174107

>>7171213
>smallest building block
>if energy what is energy made of
Your statement is a contradiction OP