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by criddell 2213 days ago
I hope somebody weighs in because ever since I read that matter is just quantum field excitations I've lost all intuition about what reality is. Everything seems to be nothing.
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ckocagil 2213 days ago
Learn about the quantum eraser experiments and your jaw will drop.

https://youtu.be/8ORLN_KwAgs

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criddell 2213 days ago
Oh wow. It's weirder than I thought.
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ramijames 2213 days ago
I'm going to lean towards everything being nothing, with everything together being a giant illusion.

But, well, I'm having one of those days. :(

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procgen 2213 days ago
This scene from The Sopranos addresses this idea beautifully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFDq985HvPk

"Everything is everything."

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