Something can come from nothing without cause.

In this post, I will present my opening statements. ___________________________My argument is that something can come from nothing without an external cause. What is nothing? Nothing is the absence of something; it is the state where neither physical objects nor energy exists. A perfect vacuum contains nothing. Something describes the presence of an object(s) or energy- literally some thing. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle asserts that it is physically impossible to measure both the exact position and the exact momentum of a particle at the same time (1). This well-tested principle allows the standard laws of nature to be temporarily violated for a very short period of time (2) (6), where technically something can arise from nothing (3). According to the quantum model, virtual particles are subatomic particles that exist for only a very short period of time. Empty space, or the space between matter, is seething with virtual particles. These subatomic particles come about from empty space in particle-antiparticle pairs, existing for a brief moment and then annihilating each other (5). (Fig 1– A pair of virtual particles, one with a positive charge and one with a negative charge briefly come into existence and disappear (4). )Gordon Kane, director of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, states (6):| “quantum mechanics allows, and indeed requires, temporary violations of conservation of energy. ” Indeed, virtual particles are very real with very real effects. While they cannot be directly observed, their effects on what we know as reality can be properly measured and tested (7) (8) (9). (Fig 2 – Evidence for the existence of virtual particles. As a result of fluctuating electromagnetic waves predicted by the quantum model, the two plates are attracted to one and other (10). )Gravity is an attractive force that is exerted between objects with mass. Gravity can be said to exert negative energy on an object- roughly speaking, negative energy is energy that attracts; positive energy has the opposite effect (12). (Fig 3 – When a ball is thrown, it has positive energy during its upward motion, and negative energy during its downward motion (15). )Our universe contains exactly zero energy because there exists an equal amount of positive energy and negative energy (11) (14). As Alexei Filippenko, professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley and Jay Pasachoff, Director of Hopkins Observatory, say (13):| “The idea of a zero-energy universe… suggests that all one needs is just a tiny bit of energy to get the whole thing started. The universe then experiences inflationary expansion, but without creating net energy. As crazy as it might seem, the energy may have come out of nothing! ”As demonstrated, quantum mechanics allows for temporary suspension of laws of nature, one in particular being the law of cause-and-effect. We find that there is in fact no cause for the existence of virtual particles; they are simply required by our universe. Virtual particles represent a phenomenon where existence arises from nonexistence. With this evidence in mind, we can conclude that something can indeed come from nothing, even without an external cause. Sources[1] . http://science.jrank.org...[2] Whitaker, Andrew. Einstein, Bohr, and the Quantum Dilemma: From Quantum Theory to Quantum Information. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Print. [3] . http://science.jrank.org...[4] . http://www.angelfire.com...[5] . http://www.lbl.gov...[6] . http://www.scientificamerican.com...[7] Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Elementary Particles. New York: Wiley, 1987. Print. [8] . http://www.scientificamerican.com...[9] . http://math.ucr.edu...[10] . https://www.ameslab.gov...[11] . http://www.npr.org...[12] Hawking, S. W. The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe. Beverly Hills, CA: New Millennium, 2002. Print. [13] Pasachoff, Jay M. , and Alexei V. Filippenko. The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium. Fort Worth: Harcourt College, 2001. Print. [14] . http://arxiv.org...[15] . http://www.mathsisfun.com...