He called them quanta .
This is not “spooky action at a distance” (Einstein’s phrase, which he hated). It’s a property of quanta. And it is the basis of quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and the looming threat to all current encryption. We still don’t know why quanta exist. Why is action granular? Why can’t we cut the cake forever? String theory suggests quanta are vibrations of tiny strings. Loop quantum gravity suggests spacetime itself is quantized—pixels of geometry. quanta r
You cannot cut a cake forever. Eventually, you reach a crumb. He called them quanta
But here’s what we do know: The universe is not a smooth movie. It’s a flipbook. Each quantum is a single page. And while we cannot see the page turning, we can measure the flip. And it is the basis of quantum computing,