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Martin Rees On The Multiverse, Scientific Research & Reality

Posted by Hemos on from the life-the-universe-and-everything dept.

There's an interesting piece by Martin Rees about the nature of the Uni/Multiverse, as well as some of the underlying mechanics. Also, a good bit on the nature of scientific research. You can get the text or the Real version. Good stuff.

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  1. Real audio by fredrikj · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can get the text or the Real version. Good stuff.

    Great, except that the odds of getting meaningful sound out of the noise in .ram files are worse than those of finding alien signals in the SETI@Home project.

    (OT, it's great to have karma to burn)

    1. Re:Real audio by product+byproduct · · Score: 5, Funny

      [Morpheus] What's Real? Real is an audio codec designed to blind you from the truth.
      [Neo] What truth?
      [Morpheus] The text version is better.

  2. Theory of Doughnut shaped universe by someguy456 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your theory of a donut-shaped universe is intriguing, Homer. I may have to steal it.

    --
    Robert Bindler
    A Computer Science student's views on technology.
  3. More universes than atoms by killthiskid · · Score: 4, Funny
    At first it was thought that there might be just one unique solution to the equations, just one possible three-dimensional universe with one possible 'vacuum state' and one set of laws. But it seems now, according to the experts, that there could be a huge number. In fact Lenny Susskind claims that there could be more possible types of universe than there are atoms in our universe--a quite colossal variety. The system of universes could be even more intricate and complex than the biosphere of our planet. This really is a mind-blowing concept, especially when we bear in mind that each of those universes could themselves be infinite.

    Note the bolded part of this quote... there could be a multiverse where most slashdotters have sex on a regular basis.! The best news geeks have ever heard!

    1. Re:More universes than atoms by feepness · · Score: 5, Funny

      Note the bolded part of this quote... there could be a multiverse where most slashdotters have sex on a regular basis.! The best news geeks have ever heard!

      Yes, but equally frightening is that _this_ could be the universe where slashdotters have the most sex!

  4. Re:Don't encourage idiots... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'll bet that over 50% of the comments for this article will be pseudo-intellectuals espousing their retarded theories, misinformation, and other general stupidity... "
    Guess which side of that 50% fence your comment is on! bwhahahahaaaa!