← Back to context

Comment by saubeidl

6 months ago

Isn't a Planck length just the minimum for measurability?

Not quite. Smaller wavelengths mean higher energy, and a photon with Planck wavelength would be energetic enough to form a black hole. So you can’t meaningfully interact electromagnetically with something smaller than the Planck length. Nor can that something have electromagnetic properties.

But since we don’t have a working theory of quantum gravity at such energies, the final verdict remains open.

Measurability is essentially a synonym for meaningful interaction at some measurement scale. When describing fundamental measurability limits, you're essentially describing what current physical models consider to be the fundamental interaction scale.