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one predicted by special relativity at the threshold of c. It is vital to understand that our common temporal units, such as the second, can- not be used as such anymore. Cycle ratios are no longer sufficient. We can use frequencies to improve our representations, but they would still be a weak and distorted expression of the primary concept. This results in the following conditions: 1. There is no observation/measurement possible outside the c instrument. ment if the observer keeps a physical point of view (same scale, same motion as the instrument). Cis both the resultant of a maximum temporal fractal deviation and the resultant of a maximum spatial fractal deviation. Value c can there- c 1 4 where e, and e,,, are the space quantum numbers with e,,, >> e, being an absolute value (which feels intuitively right) and t, >> t.,, (which does not feel intuitively right). When e, tends towards zero (towards the infinitely small), c tends towards zero because e,,, is fol- lowing the same motion. That tendency is even stronger in this numer- ator because the space quanta disappear faster due to the scale change, as already observed. It clearly remains a paradox. How can space quanta disappear when a fractal progression zooming in on smaller scales should cause them to multiply? This is the most difficult aspect to understand. The essential differ- ence between space and time is indeed that one is finite in the horizon of an object-system, whereas the other is only finite in terms of the information it can provide. As a consequence, the number of iterations of a spatial fractal is limited by the system itself. Beyond this boundary, the system disappears from an ontological point of view. We are begin- ning to understand that objects usually qualified as matter, i.e., having a reality in space, are gradually becoming less efficient in transmitting the information they are supposed to transmit. As the information trajectory grows longer (remember the principle of least action), prompted by a permanent increase of spatial iterations, Towards a new formalism 219 seven iterations of c. 2. We measure the ‘fractal distance’ between object and observer/ 3. There is no distinction between observer and measuring instru- fore be expressed as: