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Re: "In reality, physics is continuous."
That has yet to be established.
The universe could turn out to be finite and discrete - e.g. see my site:
http://finitenature.com/
It is confusion to argue from the continuity of the wave equation to the
continuity of the underlying physics - since there is no compelling reason to think that the wave equation is the final word on the issue - and discrete phenomena often look continuous if you observe them from a sufficiently great distance - e.g. see lattice gasses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_quantum_gravity is an example of a more modern discrete theory.