The hypothetical discipline of actively stabilizing, arranging, or structuring the Planck-scale quantum foam to create useful geometries. This isn't just observing foam; it's trying to lay down paving stones on that frothy foundation. It would involve manipulating energy densities at inconceivably small scales to reinforce fleeting wormholes or create persistent structures in the fabric of spacetime itself.
Example: Building a "trans-Planckian bridge"—a stabilized, navigable wormhole—by injecting negative energy densities to pin open a specific foam bubble, preventing it from instantly collapsing. This would be like finding a single, specific bubble in a boiling ocean of champagne and using cosmic superglue to keep it open as a doorway. It's engineering where your materials are probability and your tools operate a billion billion times smaller than a quark. Quantum Foam Engineering.
by Dumuabzu January 24, 2026
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