> [ebtx]: what is the Meta Model's reply to the uncertainty principle? This would seem to define a 'finite limit' to discovery at least on the "ever smaller" side.
According to MM, the uncertainty principle is the natural result of attempting to give particle-like properties to phenomena that are actually waves. For example, in MM, light is a pure wave, and has no "dual" nature. (The two experiments that have particle-like properties, the photoelectric and Compton effects, also have wave interpretations; whereas the many experiments that have wave-like properties have no known particle interpretations.)
In any wave phenomenon, one cannot simultaneously specify exact position and momentum. If the position refers to the wave crest, the momentum is still spread throughout the wave; and vice versa.
Once we recognize that light has a wave character, it becomes obvious to appreciate that many quantum entities are too small to study with light without doing violence to them. Because light cannot be used in quantities less than a single "photon" (a single wave), it cannot be used to examine structure smaller than its own scale. To get detailed photos of the atomic nucleus, we will need to use tools much, much smaller than photons, such as gravitons. -|Tom|-
