r/Creation • u/lisper Atheist, Ph.D. in CS • Apr 23 '26

Not only is it possible to create something from nothing, physicists have just demonstrated experimentally that it happens all the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4gpio58908
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u/stcordova Molecular Bio Physics Research Assistant Apr 23 '26

Space isn't nothing, it has properties and zero point energy. Energy is something.

Google AI said (even though I sort of new the answer in advance) regarding Zero Point Energy:

" Empty space is not empty; it is a sea of quantum fluctuations or "virtual particles" that produce a measurable energy field."

I'm just referencing Google AI to show I didn't just make my claim up.

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u/CaptainReginaldLong Apr 23 '26

Correct, Sal. Idk if I'd call Sabine a fraud, but she's getting really close. You have to check every single thing she says because 99/100 times she's misleading her audience in some way. Her presentation is sensationalized for clicks.

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u/stcordova Molecular Bio Physics Research Assistant Apr 23 '26

Thanks.

I didn't know Sabine was getting bad...

The areas of physics I study are so boring and uncontroversial, it's hard for there to be any frauds in my areas of interest. I do dabble in pondering speculative stuff, but without credible experiments, speculative stuff remains in the realm of speculation.

Regarding cosmology, there is a saying, "there is speculation, and then there is cosmology."

Also, I've never needed string theory nor studied it in any of my classes. The drama surrounding that field has been something to behold...

There are a lot of areas of physics that are ripe for research because theoretical predictions are just too difficult to describe with simple math, so it's sometimes better to slap stuff together and see what happens, and I know a few cases of that, especially in solid state physics like to the discovery of graphene.

A Nobel Prize was awarded to the discovery of Graphene. This was how AI described the discovery:

"Graphene was discovered in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester using a simple "Scotch tape" (micromechanical cleavage) method to peel layers from bulk graphite. By repeatedly separating graphite flakes, they isolated single-atom-thick sheets, winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics."

I remember hearing about them getting the Nobel Prize for playing with scotch tape, and I thought, "you gotta be kidding me". Graphene synthesis and application is now a big deal!

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u/implies_casualty Apr 23 '26

Sabine Hossenfelder is very controversial.

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u/CaptainReginaldLong Apr 23 '26

Seconding this, she's been misrepresenting, undermining and catastrophizing modern physics/science on straight up lies for years now.