(July 19, 2017 at 4:11 pm)Jehanne Wrote: #1: The virtual particle-antiparticle pairs are not caused by anything; they are uncaused. If so, what do you think it is that causes them, and what causes that to cause them, and so forth. Again, I am not talking about some quantum event that created our Universe. What causes these particles to appear? Please be specific.
What I am wondering, is how do you determine that something is not caused by anything? I may have suspicions about the cause of these particles, but I do not know what causes them. And yet I do believe that nothing provides neither a necessary nor sufficient reason for the effect. "I do not know" does not lead me to the conclusion that their is no cause. The principle of causality is foundational to science and really a basic principle to living in general. I'm not willing to abandon it, and science so easily. Does nothing have limits to what it can cause (how is this determined)?
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