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Here is an interesting quote The notion of virtual particles mediating static forces comes from perturbation theory, and if there is one thing we know about quantum gravity, it's that the usual way of doing perturbation theory doesn't work. see...

Many, thanks for the reply! I'm sorry I don't understand your answer. When you say "vanishingly small" do you mean zero, or a little bit more than zero? I realize that my question is hypothetical. But I just want to know the answer. For an electron to jump 1 meter away (by tunneling)...

On 8/16/09 a alxm wrote... Macroscopic objects have a quite definite location, and do not tunnel to any appreciable extent. Another way to say it is: The location of a macroscopic object is only a little bit random, and the probability of tunneling is very very small. Is that correct...