A speculative extension of quantum foam concepts into the domain of general relativity. It posits that at the Planck scale, spacetime isn't just frothy with virtual particles, but its very geometry is a chaotic, bubbling foam of tiny, fleeting wormholes, black holes, and topological fluctuations. In this view, the smooth spacetime of our large-scale experience is a statistical average of this hyper-complex, ever-changing foam-like structure.
Example: "The sci-fi author's FTL drive was based on Relativistic Foam Theory. The ship's engine would 'surf' a collapsing wormhole in the spacetime foam, hopping from bubble to bubble. The physicist consultant quit, saying, 'That's not even wrong. It's adverb soup.'"
by Abzugal January 30, 2026
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