▲ 1457 ▼ well? (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Geodad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes I know what vacuum decay is, and the thing I referenced, the inflaton field, is a hypothetized false vacuum near the very start of the universe, that went through this exact process, giving rise to our current vacuum and ending the hypothetized inflation era I know there's a hypothesis that our current vacuum could be metastable as well, but that's a seperate thing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes I know what vacuum decay is, and the thing I referenced, the inflaton field, is a hypothetized false vacuum near the very start of the universe, that went through this exact process, giving rise to our current vacuum and ending the hypothetized inflation era I know there's a hypothesis that our current vacuum could be metastable as well, but that's a seperate thing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
