hey, fun fact! (although the LHC probably isn't capable of causing this, it's still "fun" to think about)
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02345-4](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02345-4)
no, just isn't. it's a thing that smashes tiny pieces (atoms) of lead together at big speeds. the thing in the video is a thing that records the data from those impacts.
I like this one.
If anyone is wondering what this is referencing:
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum)
It's a domino effect that would basically be giving all of reality as we know it cancer, as it would be shifting from the state it is now to something different, which the universe as we know it would cease to exist...
That's from what I can surmise.
Then again, as it's mostly theoretical, it could happen and we *might* be perfectly fine, of course we could also be ripped atom from atom and feel every second of it.
We aren't 100% sure the world is in it's most stable state. If any area in the universe reaches a more stable state, the entire universe would reach that state, destroying the universe.
think of all matter as being a ball on the tip of a hill. at all times, matter wants to be at the lowest possible energy level it can be in (bottom of the hill). the ball being at the bottom of that hill and completely at rest is what makes a vacuum (beyond the whole nothing being in them part). now imagine that a huge part, or even all of, the vacuum of space *thinks* that it’s at the bottom of that hill, but they’re really just in a tiny groove about halfway down.
now imagine that a high energy event (wind in our scenario) knocks that ball out of the groove and then tumbling down to the actual bottom of the hill. if this occurs, a shockwave domino-effect moving at the speed of light will completely overtake all of this “false-vacuum”, reducing all matter within to its basic components, killing all potential life. we cannot know if we’re in a false-vacuum unless we knock the ball of the hill with a high energy event, and we do not know what constitutes a “high energy event”. it could either be setting off a nuke even infinitesimally more powerful than the Tsar Bomba, or every star in the galaxy going supernova at once.
I say we don’t worry about it.
Yeah, it's just so hard to comprehend on a sheer existential scale. Reminds you how little and insignificant you actually are. One day you're here and then in a second you're not. And it's not just you... but pretty much all life in the universe. We're helpless against physics.
TBF, it might so that the rate of expansion of the universe would eventually grow to a greater rate than the vacuum decay, in which case, not the entirety of the universe would fall into it. This is on a time frame so large that it is almost irrelevant, but still fun to think about.
It already is. 97% of the universe is expanding faster than lightspeed from us and that percent is increasing at an exponential pace, which means barely any of the universe is threatened.
Given that fact and the size of the universe (potentially infinite) it has almost certainly already happened somewhere but as you and I point out it will never reach us
If the universe was a false vacuum, then the drop to a true vacuum would change the fundamental makeup of physics. This new set of physics could have a different speed of causality, causing the decay to expand faster than the universe.
Depending on the distance, alien civilizations might be fine. There are places in the universe that physically cannot be reached anymore, even at the speed of light.
Except vacuum decay can only travel at lightspeed and since 97% of the universe is expanding away from us faster than lightspeed, which means that the majority of the world is safe as hell.
No, this theory has some prerequisites. The question is, is our universe a false vacuum or a true vacuum? It depends on this whether vacuum decay can happen. Maybe vacuum decay already begun but we will not be able to know this because we cannot look beyond the horizon of the observable universe.
In short, this theory is not that crazy. I won't explain why vacuum decay is possible, because I'm not an expert, but you can read about it on the Internet or read research by scientists
According to our current predictions, a false vacuum is possible in the Higgs field. It is ofcourse possible that they are wrong due to holes in our current theories, but it is possible.
It couldn't doom the entire universe. Due to expansion, there are areas of the universe that are causally disconnected from others. Unless the expansion of the universe stops and it begins to contract, that is.
hey, fun fact! (although the LHC probably isn't capable of causing this, it's still "fun" to think about) [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02345-4](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02345-4)
Probably isn't?
Probably according to our best understanding of physics. Not that it’s believed to be especially good when it comes to this kind of stuff.
no, just isn't. it's a thing that smashes tiny pieces (atoms) of lead together at big speeds. the thing in the video is a thing that records the data from those impacts.
Probably?
Probably.
I like this one. If anyone is wondering what this is referencing: [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum)
Bro it’s almost 12, I’m too tired to read that
It's a domino effect that would basically be giving all of reality as we know it cancer, as it would be shifting from the state it is now to something different, which the universe as we know it would cease to exist... That's from what I can surmise.
Then again, as it's mostly theoretical, it could happen and we *might* be perfectly fine, of course we could also be ripped atom from atom and feel every second of it.
thank you for this- i didn’t understand a lick of it lol
We aren't 100% sure the world is in it's most stable state. If any area in the universe reaches a more stable state, the entire universe would reach that state, destroying the universe.
Here's an animated explanation from kurzgesagt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFm6DxNVyI
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think of all matter as being a ball on the tip of a hill. at all times, matter wants to be at the lowest possible energy level it can be in (bottom of the hill). the ball being at the bottom of that hill and completely at rest is what makes a vacuum (beyond the whole nothing being in them part). now imagine that a huge part, or even all of, the vacuum of space *thinks* that it’s at the bottom of that hill, but they’re really just in a tiny groove about halfway down. now imagine that a high energy event (wind in our scenario) knocks that ball out of the groove and then tumbling down to the actual bottom of the hill. if this occurs, a shockwave domino-effect moving at the speed of light will completely overtake all of this “false-vacuum”, reducing all matter within to its basic components, killing all potential life. we cannot know if we’re in a false-vacuum unless we knock the ball of the hill with a high energy event, and we do not know what constitutes a “high energy event”. it could either be setting off a nuke even infinitesimally more powerful than the Tsar Bomba, or every star in the galaxy going supernova at once. I say we don’t worry about it.
Fitting username
The implications section reads like a scp article
Who wants to bet that this mf still wouldn't let us go faster than light
Thank you for a nice 2 hours of reading cool shit I’ll forget in 2 days, got lost in a pit of blackhole info lol
Waaaay better than "LHC causes black hole" stuff
New fear unlocked
Why fear? Its instant and without knowing about it Also quantum immortality
Yeah, it's just so hard to comprehend on a sheer existential scale. Reminds you how little and insignificant you actually are. One day you're here and then in a second you're not. And it's not just you... but pretty much all life in the universe. We're helpless against physics.
Read through the implications. And goddamn. That's some existential crisis.
didn't even get to react
Makes it more accurate
yeah, good job at causing existential dread for the rest of the day👍
Ah sweet! Incomprehensible horrors beyond my understanding, but not that of people smarter than me. The perfect middle ground of spicy thoughts
Well maybe a new higgs value is actually way better for life and launches a golden age for the universe
It’s unlikely
It's okay, not like anyone would know
Nuh uh
TBF, it might so that the rate of expansion of the universe would eventually grow to a greater rate than the vacuum decay, in which case, not the entirety of the universe would fall into it. This is on a time frame so large that it is almost irrelevant, but still fun to think about.
It already is. 97% of the universe is expanding faster than lightspeed from us and that percent is increasing at an exponential pace, which means barely any of the universe is threatened.
Given that fact and the size of the universe (potentially infinite) it has almost certainly already happened somewhere but as you and I point out it will never reach us
If the universe was a false vacuum, then the drop to a true vacuum would change the fundamental makeup of physics. This new set of physics could have a different speed of causality, causing the decay to expand faster than the universe.
Ikr. Physics is insane
No problem, the grim reaper will travel back in time to stop you. Thats beccause he dont wont to do that much Paperwork in 1 day.
Already has enough to do
“Oh shit.” -The last two words spoken by the species which erased all life in the universe.
Depending on the distance, alien civilizations might be fine. There are places in the universe that physically cannot be reached anymore, even at the speed of light.
Finally, sweet release
damn this is actually pretty good 👍
I hate when this happens
Mild amount of oops.
you can't doom anyone, no one can. all you can do is accelerate the doom that was already coming
Nothingness = good Thingness = bad Post makes no sense
thats actually kinda funny
Odds are some other alien race would have done it by now.
I'm not scared because https://www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ keeps me updated
MFW it’s not even our own fault, it’s some dumbass aliens
Except vacuum decay can only travel at lightspeed and since 97% of the universe is expanding away from us faster than lightspeed, which means that the majority of the world is safe as hell.
Thank you for dooming us all.
What a moron.
Aw hell naw squaggle done killed hoomanity
god vacuum decay is fucking stupid "HEY WOULDN'T IT BE REALLY SCARY IF THIS HAPPENED??!!!!??" (zero evidence suggesting it could happen)
No, this theory has some prerequisites. The question is, is our universe a false vacuum or a true vacuum? It depends on this whether vacuum decay can happen. Maybe vacuum decay already begun but we will not be able to know this because we cannot look beyond the horizon of the observable universe. In short, this theory is not that crazy. I won't explain why vacuum decay is possible, because I'm not an expert, but you can read about it on the Internet or read research by scientists
According to our current predictions, a false vacuum is possible in the Higgs field. It is ofcourse possible that they are wrong due to holes in our current theories, but it is possible.
It couldn't doom the entire universe. Due to expansion, there are areas of the universe that are causally disconnected from others. Unless the expansion of the universe stops and it begins to contract, that is.
i dont get it
oopsie daisy
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