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“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam” (bigthink.com)
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[–] millie@beehaw.org 71 points 6 months ago (14 children)

The laws of quantum mechanics are confusing, predicting that particles are also waves and that cats are simultaneously alive and dead.

Okay, so, like, that's punchier writing than the actual truth, but how am I supposed to buy anything else about physics in the article after that? The level of oversimplification of relatively commonly known concepts does not give me confidence that the rest won't be pop sci drivel.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 48 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Luckily you can check out the author’s bio right from the article:

Dr. Don Lincoln is a Senior Scientist at Fermilab, America’s leading particle physics laboratory, who has coauthored over 1,500 scientific papers. He was a member of the teams that discovered the top quark in 1995 and the Higgs boson in 2012.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 14 points 6 months ago

Oh snap, so this guy is on the faaaaaaaar side of the bell curve wearing the hood and agreeing with me. Well played.

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