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by hilbert42 1338 days ago
"Virtual particles are also "real"."

No doubt, and Casimir is probably sufficient evidence, but it seems to me a lot of confusion would be saved if we changed the name.

To what I don't know - perhaps something like say quantum energy disturbance but more eloquent or descriptive.

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100%. "Possible" particle? :)