Comment by drdeca
2 days ago
There are thought experiments where the various Planck units (or, times some small power of pi or 2pi) pop out quite naturally.
The theoretical entropy for a Schwartzchild black hole is nicely expressed using the Planck area.
So…
No. Your assertion that they have no value in theory, is wrong.
(Also, like, angular momentum is quantized in multiples of hbar or hbar/2 or something like that.)
It may be true that they aren’t a good system of units for actual measurements, on account of the high uncertainty (especially for G).
But, there is a reason why it is common to use units where G=c=hbar=1 : it is quite convenient.
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