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The authors consider the parabolic Cahn-Hilliard equation with stochastic force term: \(u_t=-\Delta(\varepsilon^2\Delta u+f(u))+\sigma\xi\) on a domain \(G\subset R^d\), \(d=1,2,3\), with boundary conditions \(\frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu}=\frac{\partial \Delta}{\partial \nu}=0\) on \(\partial G\). Here \(-f\) is the derivative of a double-well potential and \(\xi\) is space-time white noise. They claim that solutions starting at the homogeneous equilibrium \(u(0)=0\) will leave a neighbourhood of 0 along a strongly unstable subspace with high probability. A theorem is stated for the linear case (\(f=0\)), but the proof and more general results are postponed to a forthcoming paper. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0949.00026].