Douglas Roberts wrote:
Whew!
And for anyone with the stamina (and intestinal fortitude?) to read
beyond the Smolin article and into the commentary that follows, I think
we have more evidence for parallel universes. The commentary reads
quite familiarly to our own here on FRIAM-the-list! Lots of good
insights interlaced with crabby but mostly gentlemanly backbiting and
accusations!
- Steve
Smolen makes Nick look positively taciturn, by comparison.
I took away these points of view from his article:
- he does not believe in a "timeless" universe,
- he does not believe that an ensemble of universes are created
by a random process, and
- he believes that universes are created by "bounces" deep inside
black holes, which replace their singularities, where time had been
hypothesized to end.
Pretty cool stuff for a Saturday morning. Thanks for posting, Carl.
--Doug
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