Is the false vacuum theory not well accepted?

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The discussion centers on the false vacuum theory related to the Higgs boson, which posits that the universe may exist in a false vacuum state. Physicists, including Katie Mack, express skepticism about this theory, arguing that if it were true, humanity would not exist due to potential catastrophic events billions of years ago. Mack uses the analogy of a piece of paper that should have combusted but remains intact, suggesting that natural processes like cosmic inflation and energetic quasars may stabilize the Higgs field. This indicates a prevailing belief among physicists that unknown mechanisms are preventing the Higgs potential from reaching a stable state.

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Research into the Higgs boson suggest that the universe is in a false vacuum but I heard many physicists do not take it seriously as they think that if it were true we cannot even exist as it would have wiped us out billions of years ago.

For example Katie Mack said that its like a piece of paper that is thought to spontaneously combust but it had been put into a furnace in the past and yet it did not burn. What she means is that there are a lot of natural processes that is intense enough to knock the higgs potential to the stable state such as inflation, cosmic ray collisions, energetic quasars but we are still safe.

Are a lot of physicists taking this instability as an error to tell us that there is something unknown physics that is stabilising the Higgs field
 
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