[ExI] The Planck era: Imagining our infant universe

[William Flynn Wallace]

'Everything gotta be someplace'.  In searching for things I have viewed
this as my mantra.  Wrong?   bill w

On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 2:49 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Apr 2022 at 15:12, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > According to a post some time back, it was stated that in outer space,
> atoms pop up out of nowhere.  Do they go back to where they came from?  Or
> stay here?  Do they form a physical connection with another universe?  If
> so, then couldn't the other universe affect ours in other ways, such as
> with gravity forces?  bill w
> > _______________________________________________
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>
> I thought I could reply to this, but quantum field theory gets
> complicated very quickly.  :)
> Anything I write will probably have mistakes in it, but here goes.......
>
> It's not atoms that pop up in empty space. It is elementary particles,
> like quarks, much, much smaller than atoms. At the quantum level you
> have wave particle duality where a particle or quantum entity may be
> described as either a particle or a wave. They don't come from
> anywhere. There is a fluctuating quantum energy field throughout
> space. No connection to other universes.
>
> Now I had better go and hide before the real experts start criticizing
> that description.  :)
>
> BillK
>
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