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To: snarks_when_bored
A speculative physics riff.

Here's my riff.

They refuse to even entertain the idea that there was more than one point of singularity across infinite space. Beyond the observable part of the universe is likely another observable part of the universe. When did anything in physics occur in 1's?

88 posted on 01/21/2005 12:23:27 PM PST by Glenn (The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
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To: Glenn
They refuse to even entertain the idea that there was more than one point of singularity across infinite space. Beyond the observable part of the universe is likely another observable part of the universe. When did anything in physics occur in 1's?

Would you be surprised to learn that there's been a lot of discussion in recent years of the questions you mention? You might want to try reading this somewhat non-technical paper by Joshua Knobe, Ken D. Olum, and Alexander Vilenkin:

Philosophical Implications of Inflationary Cosmology (abstract)

Philosophical Implications of Inflationary Cosmology (PDF)


89 posted on 01/21/2005 12:43:23 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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