Why would it be a &quot;trap&quot;? The uncertainty principle hints that something discrete may lie at the bottom. It&#x27;s clear it&#x27;s deliberate, not something you fall into due to naiveness.<p>Also, Wolfram isn&#x27;t the only one in this line of thinking, and this is a topic that rears it&#x27;s head time and time again in the history of physics.