Thus , the vacuum 's totally empty space is actually a seething turmoil of creation and annihilation , of which to the ordinary world appears calm .
The scale of fluctuations in the vacuum is tiny and the fluctuations tend to cancel each other out .
Thus , the vacuum 's totally empty space is actually a seething turmoil of creation and annihilation , of which to the ordinary world appears calm because the scale of fluctuations in the vacuum is tiny and the fluctuations tend to cancel each other out .