#andrei linde

h/t Ian Sanders

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"Could it be that consciousness is an equally important part of the consistent picture of our world, despite the fact that so far one could safely ignore it in the description of the well-studied physical processes? Will it not turn out, with the further development of science, that the study of the universe and the study of consciousness are inseparably linked, and that ultimate progress in the one will be impossible without progress in the other?"

Andrei Linde

Commenting in an atheist’s blog is not an easy affair for a believer, because sometimes one will find that his/her comment has been deleted without any apparent reason. I myself have this type of experience several times in my life, but I will cite just two such recent cases here.

In one blog my initial comment was this:

About God it has been said that he is omnipotent, omniscient and…

Bathrooms and Bubble Universes

Before coming to the conclusion that there are multiple universes, scientists first had to work out how their one universe worked. One puzzling aspect was the observation of inconsistencies in the rate of expansion, as if some parts of the universe were growing at a different rate than the rest. Andrei Linde, a professor of physics at Stanford University describes how a late night epiphany set the framework for both the Chaotic Inflationary Theory and a comedic tale of restroom inspiration.

Where Are These Universes Coming From?

Thinking about bubbles in spacetime popping up with every quantum fluctuation can make one's head spin. Cosmologist Andrei Linde sets upon the difficult task of explaining how fluctuating energy levels give rise to these new universes. He describes how they manifest unique qualities very different from our own universe, yet are able to exist harmlessly in adjacent space.

Het lijkt niet echt een nieuwszender, waar je met een gerust hart onafhankelijke informatie kunt vinden over wetenschappelijke onderwerpen, zoals het ontstaan van het heelal. En toch heeft Al Jazeera, de welbekende Arabische nieuws- en actualiteitenzender waar ik het over heb, twee weken geleden een interview gehad van bijna een half uur met Andrei Linde, één van de bedenkers van de inflatietheorie van de oerknal en de man die als eerste de resultaten van BICEP2 te horen kreeg.  Onderwerp van het interview: het ontstaan van het heelal. Een aanrader!

Bron: Al Jazeera.

Max Tegmark posts his chapter on cosmic inflation online #space #cosmology #multiverse

If you enjoyed my write up on Tegmark’s Level II multiverse, you might enjoy this guest post that he makes on Sean Carroll’s blog, which includes a link to the chapter on inflation from his book, including those visual aids I referenced!

Since the BICEP2 breakthrough is generating such huge interest in inflation, I’ve decided to post my entire book chapter on inflation here so that you can get…