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Comment by chasil

16 days ago

The Sophons are actually more believable. Much has been discovered since the first book was written, and that was actually a very good guess.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/inside-the-proton-the-most-co...

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int_19h  16 days ago

I don't see how. Yes, protons are made out of quarks. No, this doesn't mean that you can "roll out" proton "like a sheet", and then "etch a circuit" (!!!) on it, quantum or otherwise.

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