tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post5431829827355583241..comments2024-03-23T07:33:30.972+00:00Comments on Quodlibeta: Eternal returnJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-41363771894477160062008-12-13T09:15:00.000+00:002008-12-13T09:15:00.000+00:00I should have mentioned, there is a thread here in...I should have mentioned, there is a thread here in our forum on the subject of the multiverse<BR/><BR/>http://jameshannam.proboards83.com/index.cgi?board=science&action=display&thread=4<BR/><BR/>I would also reccomend Peter Woit's blog, 'not even wrong'.<BR/><BR/>http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/<BR/><BR/>It's mainly directed at String Theory but the Multiverse occasionally crops up.Humphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936974517695558399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-22067845927177763532008-12-13T08:17:00.000+00:002008-12-13T08:17:00.000+00:00Well, you need the eternal multiverse to have cert...Well, you need the eternal multiverse to have certain properties to be able to create life. I could for example, show you plenty of eternal multiverses that could never create life, even given unlimited time. This is because the underlying structure lacks the right foundational capacity to, for example, create heavy elements. So for a start we need a 'special' multiverse to get going. It will need a universe generating mechanism with meta-laws to guide its functioning. <BR/><BR/>If we did live in a special multiverse, certain universes will predominate. Lifeless universes will make up the vast majority. According to Penrose, smaller universes than the one we observe will be more common. You don't need an overabundance of order throughout the universe to concievably create life. The majority of life bearing universes would probably be ones in which there is life permitting order in one section and chaos all around. Instead what we see is order as far as the eye can see. So if we live in a multiverse, the multiverse is very special, and we live in one of the better universes.Humphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936974517695558399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-45758034221392646662008-12-13T03:58:00.000+00:002008-12-13T03:58:00.000+00:00if there is an eternal amount of universes why sho...if there is an eternal amount of universes why should our combination be considered odd with eternal possibilities?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com