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14901 | Spacetime may well be emergent, rather than basic [Ladyman/Ross] |
Full Idea: Contemporary physics takes very seriously the idea that spacetime itself is emergent from some more fundamental structure. | |
From: J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 1.2.3) |
14924 | If spacetime is substantial, what is the substance? [Ladyman/Ross] |
Full Idea: It is fair to ask: if spacetime is a substance, what is the substance in question? | |
From: J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 3.2) | |
A reaction: Personally I love the question 'If it exists, what is it made of?', though physicists seem to think that this reveals a gormless misunderstanding. To my question Keith Hossack retorted 'What are the atoms made of?' |