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AMA | February 2024

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

CHAPTER

Branching Universes, Cosmic Strings, and Primordial Fluctuations

This chapter explores the concept of branching universes and utility, cosmic strings and their potential effects on large-scale structure, and the compatibility of cosmic microwave background data with primordial fluctuations. It also touches on the topics of super determinism and the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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