Is Matter Really Composed of Pixels?

[dare05]

In this documentary on Discovery Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZj1kYRT-fw&feature=related

at 1:30 he talks about that it was discovered in the last century that matter is made of tiny little pixels. I was wondering if this was true? I haven't found any actual proof for this.

Are these pixels similar to computer monitor pixels?

Regards

 

[Doc Al]

From what I can tell, he's just using 'pixel' to refer to bits of matter, elementary particles, atoms, and the like. (But I didn't listen much further.)

 

[dare05]

From what I can tell, he's just using 'pixel' to refer to bits of matter, elementary particles, atoms, and the like. (But I didn't listen much further.)

I don't know either, he's saying this to make the point of the possibility of we living in a computer simulation. So from that context do you know how it applies...

 

[Acut]

Whatever the context, we didn't discover in the last century that matter is made of tiny pixels.
I think he just tried to make an (poor) analogy with computers.

By the way, atoms were not discovered in the last century - they were proved to exist only in 1905 (Einstein did it!), but this is very different from saying Einstein "discovered" atoms.

This new computer-based generation makes me sad sometimes.
He could have made a number of analogies, but "pixels"?
How I miss the old grain of sand analogy!

 

[pmacias]

,

I can say that the concept of matter being made of "pixels" is not entirely accurate. The term "pixel" refers to a small unit of measurement used in digital imaging, and it is not applicable to the structure of matter.

What the documentary may be referring to is the concept of atoms and subatomic particles, which make up all matter. However, these particles are not equivalent to pixels in a computer monitor. They have specific properties and behaviors that are far more complex than simple units of measurement.

Additionally, the idea of matter being made of pixels is a simplification of the more complex nature of atoms and subatomic particles. While it is true that these particles can be represented as tiny dots or spheres, they are not static and can exist in multiple states at once.

In conclusion, while the term "pixels" may be used as a metaphor to help explain the structure of matter, it is not an accurate representation of the complexity of atoms and subatomic particles. More research and understanding is needed to fully comprehend the nature of matter.