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xkcd #2933: Elementary Physics Paths (imgs.xkcd.com)
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==COSMOLOGY==> 'Uhhh ... how sure are we that everything is made of these?'

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[–] reinei 3 points 6 months ago

And then even when you try to peer behind the definition of "nothing" with math all you are greeted with is infinities which we handily just swept under the rug and pretended to be zero so we could define a "nothing" state in the first place!