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Phys. Lett. B727: 536, 2013, 2013 In this paper we will analyse the creation of the multiverse. We will first calculate the wave function for the multiverse using third quantization. Then we will fourth quantize this theory. We will show that there is no single vacuum state for this theory. Thus, we can end up with a multiverse, even after starting from a vacuum state.
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Living in the multiverse [PDF]
, 2007 This is the written version of the opening talk at the symposium "Expectations of a Final Theory," at Trinity College, Cambridge, on September 2, 2005. It is to be published in Universe or Multiverse?, ed. B. Carr (Cambridge University Press).
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Zen and the Art of Space-Time Manufacturing
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2013 We present a general discussion about the so-called emergent properties and discuss whether space-time and gravity can be regarded as emergent features of underlying more fundamental structures.
Bertolami Orfeu
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Beyond Falsifiability: Normal Science in a Multiverse [PDF]
, 2018 Cosmological models that invoke a multiverse - a collection of unobservable regions of space where conditions are very different from the region around us - are controversial, on the grounds that unobservable phenomena shouldn't play a crucial role in ...
Carroll, Sean M.
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Noûs, EarlyView.Abstract A new argument is offered which proceeds through epistemic possibility (for all S knows, p), cutting a trail from modality to Millianism, the controversial thesis that the semantic content of a proper name is simply its bearer. New definitions are provided for various epistemic modal notions.
Nathan Salmón
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Unlocking the Marvel Multiverse: The Cosmic Nexus of Science, Philosophy, and Fiction through the Infinity Stones [PDF]
Философия и космологияMarvel’s cinematic depiction of the Infinity Stones, six powerful artifacts capable of reshaping reality, offers a unique lens through which to explore the convergence of science, philosophy, and popular culture.
Petro Katerynych
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Physical Theories, Eternal Inflation, and Quantum Universe [PDF]
, 2011 We present a framework in which well-defined predictions are obtained in an eternally inflating multiverse, based on the principles of quantum mechanics. We show that the entire multiverse is described purely from the viewpoint of a single "observer," who describes the world as a quantum state defined on his/her past light cones bounded by the ...
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When lost in a multiverse again [PDF]
Materials Today, 2019, 2019 The short Communication based on results of notes: Andre Geim "When lost in a multiverse" (Nat. Phys. 13, 1142 (2017)) and Klaus von Klitzing "Metrology in 2019" (Nat. Phys. 13, 198 (2017))
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Lessons from the void: What Boltzmann brains teach
Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Some physical theories predict that almost all brains in the universe are Boltzmann brains, that is, short‐lived disembodied brains that are accidentally assembled as a result of thermodynamic or quantum fluctuations. Physicists and philosophers of physics widely regard this proliferation as unacceptable, and so take its prediction as a basis ...
Bradford Saad
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Multiverse Predictions for Habitability: Origin of Life Scenarios
Universe, 2023 If the origin of life is rare and sensitive to the local conditions at the site of its emergence, then, using the principle of mediocrity within a multiverse framework, we may expect to find ourselves in a universe that is better than usual at creating ...
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