Justin Khoury, “Cosmological Conundrums” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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The Worst Failure of Theoretical Physics
In quanta mecanics, there is no perfect vacuum. Things always pop out in and out of existence in the vacuum. We can compute this energy of the vacuum from the known particles that we know. And when yo calculation, you find that you get the wrong answer by depending a hundred and 20 orders of magnitude. It's one by a hundred n 20 orders o magnitude. You're talking out by one, followed by a hundred and twentnty zeros. That's right ly. I mean, itlosolosslly bad result.
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