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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
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