Ruminations on multiverses; Another view (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, April 04, 2016, 18:23 (3154 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: QUOTE: "'This is a very powerful argument," Linde noted in response. "You cannot prove anything about things that you cannot see. Fortunately, this argument is wrong. Here's what's often missed in the discussion of the multiverse: If we have many experimental or observational facts that can be explained only in the context of one particular theory (e.g., multiverse), these facts constitute experimental or observational evidence in favor of this theory." multiverse.
> "'Thus, anybody disliking the theory of the multiverse," Linde continued, "should be asked to present an explanation of these observational or experimental facts in any other context, not involving a multiverse. Many people tried. Nobody succeeded. That's why we take it so seriously." 
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> The agnostic cannot resist putting on his theist hat. If you substitute the word “God” for the word “multiverse”, you will see why the God theory has to be taken seriously.-Exactly my point in presenting the discussion. Linde won't allow himself to view the issue of God.