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> Maybe we're part of an infinitely large cosmos where our false vacuum has these parameters, and others don't (statistical multiverse / baby universe models).
by mr_mitm 2y ago
> Maybe we're part of an infinitely large cosmos where our false vacuum has these parameters, and others don't (statistical multiverse / baby universe models).
You'd be in good company with that approach.
Ironically, it becomes easier to explain if dark energy wasn't constant (see: TFA), because then you can make an anthropic argument, that only this part of the universe leads to complex structure and thus life. But for that you have study alternative models which might just be right.
>We just don't know, and sometimes it's enough to know that we don't know.
That is a very anti-science take that I find problematic. Curiosity is a very human trait and has been proven to be fruitful.
- slowmovintarget 2y agoHeh... Yeah, I'm against the "shut up and calculate" mentality of the Copenhagen Interpretation. Perhaps it's a problem with the science communication and less with the scientific community, but it seems like an often cited impetus for the science is supposed to be this overweening need to eliminate a negative association instead of to explain or satisfy curiosity.