re: #213 LudwigVanQuixote

Except that in quantum field theories, particles wink in and out of existence ex-nihilo all the time - and we have observed it - a lot.

For instance, there would be no, hyperfine splitting, Casimir effect or particle collider experiments if this were not true.
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You have to let people get more than one cup of coffee in them before you start talking like that.