Apologies for replying to my own post, but I should have included sources. Here is the best stuff I've found so far: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09i

Apologies for replying to my own post, but I should have included sources. Here is the best stuff I've found so far: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39_ud5aKSvkl_wj5BIkRvANCiiUPL3VS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39_ud5aKSvkl_wj5BIkR... https://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/insidebh/waterfall.html https://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/insidebh/waterfall.html There is an episode of How the Universe Works (I think) where they talk about the multiverse looking like an infinite block of swiss cheese, and each black hole having a child universe inside with its own physics, sealed off from the parent universes. So we're in the black hole where the rules of physics allow us to exist to realize it. In other words, the multiverse used black holes to evolve the rules of physics until consciousness could exist. It's another interpretation of the anthropic principle so isn't really testable, but I thought it was elegant. Wish I could find it. Edit: some places to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePNhUJ2reI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePNhUJ2reI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhDSjgw3j8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhDSjgw3j8