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qazplm

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27. but we know you can get something out of nothing

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #17)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:21 PM

Oct 2015

virtual particles.

So long as the nothing gets paid back so to speak no biggie.

The universe will eventually go back to nothingness as the last particles decay...it's just going to take a really long time, but eventually it will pay back that debt.

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Mystery bright spots could be first glimpse of another universe [View all] Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 OP

KnR for visibility. nt tblue37 Oct 2015 #1

Love the cartoon! longship Oct 2015 #2

Sadly, we're in the universe where ThoughtCriminal Oct 2015 #23

Thanks! gvstn Oct 2015 #24

Thank you for posting this! K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2015 #3

God, a Multiverse Jeroen Oct 2015 #4

Love this stuff! blackspade Oct 2015 #5

I know, right? gregcrawford Oct 2015 #6

Pocket universes were used on Fringe fasttense Oct 2015 #7

Old theme in science fiction. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #8

I miss that show, but I had a feeling LuvNewcastle Oct 2015 #11

Had the pleasure of binge watching exboyfil Oct 2015 #19

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Oct 2015 #9

All of this has happened before and will happen again Xipe Totec Oct 2015 #10

Sounds like a good description of a LuvNewcastle Oct 2015 #12

Fascinating! BlueMTexpat Oct 2015 #13

I really like this idea an awful lot. kenfrequed Oct 2015 #14

The big bang certainly happened cpwm17 Oct 2015 #16

''.. Just one free miracle '',,,,,Terence McKenna Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 #17

Interesting essay, but it mischaracterizes how we got to the Big Bang idea. mn9driver Oct 2015 #20

but we know you can get something out of nothing qazplm Oct 2015 #27

"Everything that can happen has happened – and will probably happen again." cpwm17 Oct 2015 #15

Fascinating, as Mr. Spock would say n/t deutsey Oct 2015 #18

Did the title make anyone else wonder if this was an Onion piece about Ceres? Fumesucker Oct 2015 #21

In one of Einstein's theories, Utopian Leftist Oct 2015 #22

Big subject! How can anyone grapple with it? So interesting. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #25

I saw that on Outer Limits. It's not going to end well. :( n/t Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #26