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Science@beehaw.org · 6 months ago

“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”

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“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”

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Science@beehaw.org · 6 months ago

"Nothing" doesn't exist. Instead, there is "quantum foam"

Quantum physics shows that there is no such thing as "nothing." Even in a vacuum, particles can blink into and out of existence.

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Ah good, so I can tell my therapist I’m no longer a nihilist but a quantum foamer.

This is great.
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  Conceptually, the nihilists are right! Nothing does matter.
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    Dammit.
  - Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM
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    I hate and love this. Thanks 💜
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    Matters to me.

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