Douglas Roberts wrote at 04/23/2013 10:33 AM: > BEFORE THE BIG BANG, OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSE... > [...] > Another concept is that of a "cyclic universe". Derived from string > theory, the hypothesis postulates that our Universe is a > four-dimensional "brane" in a higher-dimensional space. It repetitively > collides with another such brane. The collisions result in tremendous > release of energy and creation of matter which we'd observe as the Big > Bang. Again, it turns out that these periodic collisions of branes also > must have a beginning.
And to be fair, there are other cyclic models like Penrose's CCC. On CCC-predicted concentric low-variance circles in the CMB sky http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5162 -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-255-2847, http://tempusdictum.com Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
