Physicists understand quantum fields very well when vacuum fluctuations are calm and tame, but understanding becomes much more difficult when fluctuations become wild and strong.
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“when these fluctuations are very calm and tame when they're not wild and strong... when the vacuum is much more like a mill pond than it is like a a raging storm. In those cases we really think we understand what what we're doing.”
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Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong— The Royal InstitutionCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:55:31 PM
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