From
Alan Lightman's article in Harpers Magazine - "
the Accidental Universe". The ideas contained within the eternal inflation theory, and the string theory, have led to thinking that there are many different and self-consistent universes with startling different properties. Imagine measuring the length of a line and coming up with a different, yet correct answer, each time. Imagine throwing a ball forward and having it travel up and behind. It's as if the laws of nature as we know them do not work.
If true, we cannot identify a single and unique cosmos. This is why you could say that we dwell in an "
accidental universe". Scientists cannot calculate anything about our universe that is absolute! They can't figure out anything that holds true.
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Kind of renders my Physics final kind of moot don't you think? |
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