wnoise comments on Fusing AI with Superstition - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wnoise 22 April 2010 07:37:05PM 2 points [-]

The wavefunction argument is incorrect. At the level of quantum mechanics, particles' wave-functions can easily be zero, trivially at points, with a little more effort over ranges. At the level of QFTs, yes vacuum fluctuations kick in, and do prevent space from being "empty".