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Elementary Length Much Smaller Than Planck Length
In these models the elementary length is much smaller than the Planck length, and the Planck energy is understood not as the elementary energy but as an energy summed over all possible branches in the multiway causal graph, whereas the elementary energy is an individual causal edge in that graph, which clears up the puzzle of why the Planck energy is so large.
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Stephen WolframEvidence Quote
“the elementary energy is an individual causal edge in the multiway causal graph, and the fact that what you observe is this thing that... The analog of the Planck energy is something that has been average... That has been sort of summed over all possible branches in this multiway causal graph.”
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155 | Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental Physics— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 3:30:55 AM
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