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PJMcK

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7. It's weird, isn't it?

Reply to scipan (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 16, 2024, 08:22 PM

Mar 2024

Basically, there’s no such thing as “nothing.” Empty space is full of the virtual particles that pop into and out of existence so quickly that they cannot be observed or measured. But their existence can be sensed by other means. These particles create energy. So, empty space isn’t empty!

What a universe we live in!

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The worst prediction in physics: what energy is in empty space? [View all] Sancho Mar 2024 OP

Interesting... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #1

take a number and have a seat jaxexpat Mar 2024 #2

Lawrence Krauss wrote a whole book about this PJMcK Mar 2024 #3

Thanks for posting this. It took 13 minutes of intro before he appeared. erronis Mar 2024 #4

Academics love to talk PJMcK Mar 2024 #5

I watched it and he showed how you get something from nothing scipan Mar 2024 #6

It's weird, isn't it? PJMcK Mar 2024 #7

But it all adds up to 0! scipan Mar 2024 #8