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A chaotic grid would be macroscopically observable because random + random != 2 random, it's equal to 'bell curve'. Everything would be smeared as a function of distance, which we don't see.

This characteristic is observable for metals as well. Steel becomes less flexible as it's worked because it's grains become smaller and more chaotic - A microscopic property with a macroscopic effect.

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If we are talking about a grid with a very small spacing, say around the Planck length, I don't see how we would be able to macroscopically observe it.

Everything we can see move on the grid is at least 20 orders of magnitude bigger than the grid spacing. Any macroscopic objects we can experiment with are more like 30+ orders of magnitude bigger than the grid spacing and consist of numerous atoms that will all be moving within the object due to thermal jiggling over distances orders of magnitude bigger than the grid spacing.

In physics you never have measurements differentiating between distance 2 and say 2+10^-20, and that gives enough space to hide any 'bell curve' you want.

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