# What arguments are in favour of an atomic structure to space-time?

The atomic theory as first theorised by Democritus has been successfully applied to matter and to energy (quanta).

Space-time is still generally seen as a continuum. What arguments are there (if any) in support of there being a particulate structure of space-time?

• I may be wrong, but it seems you're confusing two concepts. Space time being continuous does not preclude matter being composed of discreet objects. The discreet objects can move in continuous spaces. – BMS Feb 6 '14 at 3:48
• @BMS: well, yes; this is where we are now - roughly speaking. – Mozibur Ullah Feb 6 '14 at 4:07
• I understand now. It wasn't clear to me how your first sentence was connected to the question for some reason; I initially thought your first provided evidence for your second. – BMS Feb 6 '14 at 5:35
• Possible duplicates: physics.stackexchange.com/q/817/2451 , physics.stackexchange.com/q/4453/2451 , physics.stackexchange.com/q/9720/2451 and links therein. – Qmechanic Feb 6 '14 at 6:39

Space = a collection of many many qubits.