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Quantum Fluctuation… M.S. Mousavi Karimi (199

               has     chosen     the     most        similar to saying that since
               implausible      option:     He        the  subtraction  of  one

               sacrifices    what      is    so       number  from  an  equal
               obvious- that, “the universe           number  equals  zero,  then
               in which we exist lapses in            the     numbers      are     the

               real  rather  than  imaginary          demonstration of nothingness.
               time”-  (Craig  and  Smith,            Those  are  the  existent
               1995:  319)  in  favor  of  his        energies,  whether  or  not

               hypothetical model.                    positive     and      negative,
                  He  claims  that  our               which  provide  the  actual
               universe’s  existing  in  real         source      to    create     the

               time is just an illusion, and          particles,  not  non-existent
               “what  we  call  real  time  is        or zero outcome of energies.
               just  a  figment  of  our                 Also, branding the particles

               imaginations”.      (Hawking,          or    energies     as     either
               1997: 144)                             negative  or  positive  is
                  In  addition  to  the  above        merely a human convention
               physical  and  philosophical           that  demonstrates  different

               problems,  it  is  not  hard  to       kinds  of  existent  matter  or
               show       that     Hawking’s          energy.
               analysis  of  the  creation  of           Moreover,         as      we

               the world out of nothing is            explained      already,      the
               untenable.                             quantum mechanical vacuum
                  Saying      that    if    the       not  only  is  not  truly

               addition  of  two  energies            “nothing”,  but  has  a  rich
               equals  zero,  then  they              structure  that  resides  in  a
               represent  nothingness,  is            previously existing substratum
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