What is a false vacuum decay?
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Things try to get to their lowest possible energy level. Wood burns, because it contains a lot of chemical energy, and turns into ash, which is very low on it and is very stable. Salt dissolves in water because dissolved molecules have less energy etc.
There is a theory that the actual building blocks of our universe that dictate even the most basic laws of physics like gravity are not in their most energetically stable state. If something somewhere happens and they go to a state of less energy, this could cause a chain reaction engulfing the entire universe and might change the entire way it functions. Humans and earth might or might not be compatible with the new laws of physics or we might just be wiped from existence by the energy released from the changing of state of those building blocks.
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