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Does Nothingness Exist?

The Joy of Why

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The Casimir Effect

There is some energy intrinsic to the vacuum of quantum theory. If we disturb that vacuum, that vacuum will respond in a way that its vacuum energy will also change. Hendrik Casimir proposed an experiment to measure a change in the vacuum energy. It was found that these conducting plates experience a pressure on them that is attractive. The magnitude of that pressure was actually found to be consistent with the calculation from the quantum theory.

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