Re: The Universe-is that all there is? sung by Miss Peggy Lee. :-)

From: Eugene Leitl (eugene@liposome.genebee.msu.su)
Date: Tue Jan 13 1998 - 06:47:03 MST


On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Mark D. Fulwiler wrote:

> The problem with these multiple universe theories is that I know of no way they
> could be proven. And something that cannot be proven is totally irrelevant.

Virtual particle pairs (Dirac's sea) determine the properties of the
vacuum (i.e. dielectricity constant), which are easily measurable. I'm
pretty sure that a similiar (perhaps indirect) verification is possible
with Planck quantum foam, for a TOE (superstring++ is a candidate for one)
must explain it.

'gene

> Therefore, I assume that the "universe" and the four dimensional space-time we live
> in are one and the same. However, whether everything there is includes other
> universes or just the one we can observe, the fact remains that the universe or
> universes are/is the result of (a) quantum fluctuation(s).
>
> Mark Fulwiler
 



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