Ian Marshall and Danah Zohar wrote
a book, Who's
Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat
"In Quantum Field Theory, things
existing in the universe are conceived of as patterns of dynamic
energy. The ground state of energy in the universe, the lowest
possible state, is known as the quantum vacuum. It is called a
vacuum because it cannot be measured directly; it is empty of
"things." When we try to perceive the vacuum directly we are
confronted with a "void", a background without features that
therefore seems to be empty. In fact the vacuum is filled with
every potentiality of everything in the universe.
"...Unseen and not directly
measurable, the vacuum exerts a subtle push on the surface of
existence, like water pushing on things immersed in it . ... It
is as though all surface things are in constant interaction with
a tenuous background of evanescent reality. ...The universe is
not "filled" with the vacuum. Rather it is "written on" it or
emerges out of it."
