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“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 · 3 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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So with a sufficiently small volume of space, we would have an actual nothing again? Or the foam can go infinitely small?

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