-At scales near $t_P quantum fluctuations of spacetime become important, there is no well-defined causal order, and “before” and “after” lose meaning. Below Planck time, the concept of time itself may lose physical meaning. It marks the scale where quantum gravity effects become dominant, gravity disrupts quantum measurements, motion cannot be defined and cause and effect blur; all of this indicates where new physics is required. Planck time defines the earliest meaningful moment in the universe’s history. It is the shortest “tick” the universe can meaningfully have, not because time stops, but because *our concepts of time stop working.*
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