Steven Weinberg Discussion (3/8) - Richard Dawkins
Buy it now on DVD at http://richarddawkins.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=60 DURING HIS U.S. TOUR in 2008, Biologist ...
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[Steven Weinberg] And talk about each of our big bangs as a sub-universe but very often people refer to each big bang -as a universe and then they use there term "multiverse" -Multiverse, yes. for the whole thing. I think its up to you what language you use. The multiverse idea has some very attractive features. I mean it arose out of thinking of theories of inflation but it has had interesting by-products because if this idea is correct, and we don't yet know, its at this point it's just a speculation, but if this idea is correct there is every reason to expect that in the different big bangs that occur you have different conditions and values for what we call the fundamental constants. And so that the fact that the constants of nature are suitable for life which is clearly...
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[Steven Weinberg] And talk about each of our big bangs as a sub-universe but very often people refer to each big bang -as a universe and then they use there term "multiverse" -Multiverse, yes. for the whole thing. I think its up to you what language you use. The multiverse idea has some very attractive features. I mean it arose out of thinking of theories of inflation but it has had interesting by-products because if this idea is correct, and we don't yet know, its at this point it's just a speculation, but if this idea is correct there is every reason to expect that in the different big bangs that occur you have different conditions and values for what we call the fundamental constants. And so that the fact that the constants of nature are suitable for life which is clearly...
