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To me it all just sounds like quantum vs continuous.

Like at our scales we normally see only the continuous averages and we'd expect that to be even more so at galactic scales. But what if at the fringes of a galaxy gravity is so 'small' that it's really the quantum that ends up determining the macro results?

Say some near object should experience 5 quadrillion plus 0.1 gravity from continuous equations, whatever quantum happens with the 0.1 doesn't affect the results and maybe we can't even measure it. But way out in deep space where it would be 5.1 gravity that 0.1 matters a lot, for instance if it's 'rounded up' in some way (maybe it represents a graviton being just close enough or whatever).

Obviously this is just nonsense spitballing, but I wonder what you guys think about the idea of galactic outcomes reflecting the quantum rather than the continuous.




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