Paul Steinhardt, "Inflated Expectations: A Cosmological Tale" (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Quantum Field Theory and General Relativity
In certain communities, quantum fluctuations can take over the universe and produce this multiverse out of it in certain communities. I've had this discussion in certain portions of parts of europe where i ill say, what do you think about the multiverse problem? And they say, i don't think about it. Yet, somehow i think there must be something wrong with that multi verse idea. It's such a simple story. Stretch things fast and they become smooth. They can't get over the fact that quantum fluctuations canTake off in some direction you didn't expect. But when you add the quanta mechanics and add it properly, then the thing takes off inSome direction youdidn't expect
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