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Tell me about quantum fluctuations, /sci/!

>> No.7362426

Basically, you take an empty box and put a vial of cyanide in it and close it, then when you open it you never know what's in there.

It's like playing russian roulette with the universe, but as for why it only works on empty boxes with cyanide is one of the great mysteries of our age

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>> No.7362689

>>7362426
Thank you.

>> No.7362718

>>7362396
>quantum fluctuations
One kind of quantum fluctuations is in the vacuum (in quantum field theories).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_state

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