We look at the history of the multiverse, the big bang theory, the problem of fine-tuning, how it is solved by the anthropic principle, how the combination of eternal inflation & string theory might create many universes, and a bit of discussion as to the odds of the multiverse being true.
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Anthropic testsCurious when you
think about it that the
universe is perfectly
adapted for
velociraptors
What if there are lots
of universes & we
just got lucky?
I see dinner!
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Vulcan Science
Directorate Thinks not
A parallel
universe.
The science
directorate has
examined all these
theories.
They've found no
evidence of
alternate realities.
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Eternal Inflation
• Parts of the mega
universe suddenly cool
out
• Creating a bubble
universe
• That inflates with specific
values of the fundamental
physical constants
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Live, Die, Repeat
• Origin of species
• “Generate & test”
• Galaxies, stars, planets,
& us
• Universes & their
observers
• And theories of the
multiverse, e.g. String
Theory
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Wheeler’s Radical
Conservatism
• The combination of Eternal Inflation
& String theory gives the multiverse
as a straight forward prediction
• Gellmann’s totalitarian principle +
the 30 odd constants also imply
multiverse
• And Many Worlds Interpretation
implies that the multiverse a natural
implication of quantum mechanics
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• Stenger - God & the Multiverse -
2014
• Greene - Hidden Reality - 2011
• Barrow - The Book of Universes -
2011
• Clegg - Before the Big Bang - 2009
• Susskind - The Cosmic Landscape -
2006