A study published on Habr offers a new perspective on the nature of time and physical quantities. The author argues that the fundamental impossibility of measuring physical parameters with absolute precision necessitates replacing differential equations with finite difference equations. According to the author, the finite accuracy of measurements is the root cause of the 'arrow of time,' rendering the past irreversible and the future unpredictable. The article hypothesizes that the lack of precise values for physical quantities is an inherent property, independent of observation methods. Furthermore, the author suggests that this uncertainty legitimizes the principle of action-at-a-distance as a way to describe the interaction of material bodies. This work, previously rejected by a European physics journal, is presented to the community to discuss fundamental aspects of the universe, where the world cannot, in principle, have an absolutely precise mathematical description.
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