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[-] VoterFrog@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

To accurately measure the size or location of something requires energy. The more precise the measurement, the more energy is required. The amount of energy required get the precision below the Planck length would literally create a black hole.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Why does it require more energy?

[-] VoterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Because the uncertainty in the measurement is related to the wavelength of a photon used to make the measurement and smaller wavelengths (higher frequencies) lower that uncertainty but are more energetic.

PBS Spacetime has an excellent video on this very subject.

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