These statements show that the article is not science:
“The vacuum simmered with energy”
There is nothing in a perfect vacuum. So there can not be any energy in a perfect vacuum.
If the idiot means a partial vacuum, then he is not talking about the beginning of the universe.
“each of these bubbles was a universe”
This is not science. It’s science fiction.
“is working to bring the multiverse hypothesis firmly into the realm of testable science”
Sorry, idiot, it is not testable. There is no transfer of information from the universe to a point outside it,
(because there is no point outside the universe.)
The part about simulating the universe and creating a simulation program to test the hypothesis of a multiverse doesn’t deserve an answer.
You seem really hung up on the word “idiot”. But, if that floats your boat....
A lot of physicists lament the idea that so many of their colleagues are wasting their careers on the “science fiction” of M-Theory. Though isn’t any quantum theorist doing the same by extension? They brought us nuclear technology, and it works, even despite what humans may subsequently do with it.
I am not a professional scientist (however I wish I might have been). Thus I’m just another American commenting on the passing scene, as is my right. Take it or leave it.
Okay, smarty pants- give us a clue; as to the start, end or in between. Thanks.
Sure it does. Everything deserves an answer.
The answer is... none of the theories are correct.
So your very first assertion is WRONG. Obviously you've never studied quantum mechanics. There is no such thing as a perfect vacuum because of virtual particles. Heisenberg's uncertainty theorem gives us the mechanism by which we can understand why particles are constantly appearing and annihilating each other, even in what should be a "perfect" vacuum. This behavior is well documented and well known (and serves as the basis of other well-known cosmological theories like Hawking Radiation from black holes). So it's obvious that you don't have a clue what you are talking about. And that's just from the first assertion you gave...
There is nothing in a perfect vacuum. So there can not be any energy in a perfect vacuum.
Actually, you are wrong about that. The vacuum is the most massive and energetic object in the Universe.