From: Joe McGonagle <joe.mcgonagle.nul>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 15:23:57 +0100
Fwd Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 07:41:15 -0400
Subject: Re: Universe Has Many Alternative Histories Which

>Source: The Independant - London, UK

>http://comment.independent.co.uk/podium/story.jsp?story=629139

>April 15, 2005

>'The Universe Has Many Alternative Histories, But Which Is Real?'

<snip>

I don't know if I missed something, but it doesn't appear to me
that anything he said was new or surprising, or a sign of genius
original thought. It is often the case that we build a theory
and work backwards to see if we can arrive at a possible chain
of events that would produce an hypothesis.

If I understood the article correctly, he has taken the theory
out of the lab and extended it to the Cosmos, which again isn't
particularly original - it is being done all the time, by people
theorising about how supernovae arise, how black holes are
formed, whether or not the big-bang hypothesis is correct, etc.
Medicine and technology use similar techniques, ie taking the
symptoms and attempting to identify the cause.

Did I miss something?

Cheers,

Joe