‘Faith’ in the Multiverse?
The concept of the Multiverse is an old one, one that has been approached primarily as a matter of metaphysics or philosophy. But is it scientific? And, if it is scientific, why do so many of its most ardent supporters describe their ‘faith’ in the Multiverse?
This video explores several contrasting viewpoints, from Andrei Linde to Paul Davies as well as ways to test Eternal Inflation, one of the leading theories that predicts a Multiverse.
Fine-tuning
Karl Popper: Falsification and Astrology
Steven Weinberg & the Weak Anthropic Principle
Paul Davies & Sabine Hossenfelder: Why the multiverse is religion, not science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dSua_PUyfM
References:
•First Observational Tests of Eternal Inflation: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1012.1995v3.pdf Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 071301
•Interview with Andrei Linde ““Can you really prove that it is just universe? The insistence that we have just one universe has to be proved.” The article continues: “Linde has continued to push forward his thinking about cosmic inflation, melding it with string theory, one of the leading explanations of the particles and forces underlying the laws of physics. This has further strengthened his faith in the multiverse because it provides a mechanism for the laws of physics to vary in each new universe as it arises.” https://www.ft.com/content/9a306276-bf03-11e3-8683-00144feabdc0
- Quanta Magazine “The Multiverse’s Measure Problem” https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-multiverses-measure-problem-20141103
- •Lee Smolin: Belief in the multiverse is unscientific because it has no evidence to support it, thus requiring blind faith. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/belief-in-the-multiverse-a-form-of-blind-faith-1.2153271
- •Stephen Hawking’s ‘breathtaking’ final multiverse theory completed two weeks before he died :
- •Challenges to the Big Bang paradigm: https://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/bb_cosmo_infl.html •Weinberg’s position on the Multiverse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPeXddjctaU
- •Weinberg quote: www.azquotes.com/quote/928784 •Watch me & Stephen C. Meyer of the @Discovery Science debate fine-tuning in cosmology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZvrwDtg7rQ •Don Page: Scientists still need to explain where the multiverse came from. https://aeon.co/ideas/the-idea-of-creating-a-new-universe-in-the-lab-is-no-joke
- •Related reading: “A Brief History of the Multiverse” — Paul Davies, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/12/opinion/a-brief-history-of-the-multiverse.html
- •Stephen Hawking Was an Atheist. Here’s What He Said About God, Heaven and His Own Death https://time.com/5199149/stephen-hawking-death-god-atheist/
- •Steady State supporter Fred Hoyle suggested “The reason why scientists like the “big bang” is because they are overshadowed by the Book of Genesis. It is deep within the psyche of most scientists to believe in the first page of Genesis”.
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