Reality is Discrete

http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/cosmo/lectures/lec08.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_constant

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quanta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_constant

So here we see reality is not continuous as it appears in the macroscopic world of Classical Physics, but it's true nature is discrete at the subatomic level as theorized by Max Planck and Neils Bohr.

 

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Here is what the proponents of Digital Physics have to say:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics

 

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Reality absolutely has to be discrete or else an electron would continue accelerating thereby losing energy and eventual falling into the nucleus, hence atoms could not exist.

 

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If reality is discrete, what holds it together? Aren't forces continuous?

 

Time. (And maybe space, which may or may not be continuous)

No. Electromagnetism for example, is made up of photons which are quanta of light. While the strong force is made up of quarks.

 

You are talking about bound state, which indeed are discrete. unbounded states are continuous

 

Can you provide a link where I can read more on these unbounded states?

 

any book on basic quantum mechanics.
look for free electrons, free particles, positive energy particles,...