On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 12:49:06 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 8/27/2019 10:43 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > "It's an experimentally well-confirmed fact that virtual particles exist." > - > http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/08/how-do-black-holes-destroy-information.html?showComment=1566705434388#c7842618397891133114 > > "Explanations in terms of virtual particles don't really work because > virtual particles do not exert any force on anything -- because they are > not real!!!!" > - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/ixyC1nvZ3i8/NsBRnAvdBAAJ > > > > Now it seems to me that these are contradictory. > > > They seem so, but they are referring to different contexts. > > Brent > >
What are the two contexts? I guess *X is real or exists* in one context, but *X is not real or does not exist* in another context needs to be defined. @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/eca9debd-b28a-4592-8d85-9ed71bcb32c3%40googlegroups.com.
