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Are Virtual Particles A New Layer of Reality?
Season 5
Episode 2
Let me tell you a story about virtual particles. It may or may not be true.
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14:14
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13:01
Of all the possible ends of the universe, vacuum decay would be the most thorough.
13:43
It may very well be possible to communicate between worlds.
14:30
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14:05
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14:01
Entropy is behind one of the most fundamental laws of physics.
12:22
The more time and space are divided, the distance between them may not exist.
13:44
The accumulation of space junk increases collisions known as the Kessler Syndrome.