Asklemmy

Hmm, but that seems to be again that there's actually fields there, rather than proper nothing. At the very least, I would still say that the universe already existed before the Big Bang, if there was fields spanning all over the place and they just needed quantum fluctuation to turn into something you can touch. Especially, because "touch" is still just an interaction with a field.

And I'm not trying to say that the phenomenon itself is pop-sci misinformation, but rather how it's portrayed. They'll write a title like "How Quantum Fluctuation Creates Something from Nothing", which is technically something you could say, because "nothing" doesn't have a sharp definition. But it's also misleading as people will not think that "nothing" could also mean that there is actually still fields there. Instead, they will interpret it as proper nothing. And pop-sci journalists do that, because it brings in clicks, unfortunately.