BevelGear@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 6 months ago“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”bigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down10
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-link“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”bigthink.comBevelGear@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 6 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareDarkGamer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoTo a certain degree, as they mentioned in the article regarding the casimir effect. While one cannot keep out the quantum foam entirely, it can be restricted to specific wavelengths by altering the volume of the space.
minus-squareLampshade@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoSo with a sufficiently small volume of space, we would have an actual nothing again? Or the foam can go infinitely small?
To a certain degree, as they mentioned in the article regarding the casimir effect. While one cannot keep out the quantum foam entirely, it can be restricted to specific wavelengths by altering the volume of the space.
So with a sufficiently small volume of space, we would have an actual nothing again? Or the foam can go infinitely small?