The sum over spacetimes: gravity and inflation

https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.10448 Action Principle for Isotropic General Relativity Thomas C. Bachlechner (Submitted on 30 Aug 2018) We study the generally covariant theory governing an isotropic spacetime region with

Re: Inflation

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 6:04:22 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 2:50:51 PM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: >> >> On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 1:27:49 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 11:41:25 AM UTC-5, Alan Grayson w

Re: Inflation

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 2:50:51 PM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 1:27:49 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 11:41:25 AM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: >>> >>> On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 7:57:59 AM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowe

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 3:46:19 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/6/2019 4:33 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 6:03:29 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: >> >> On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:23 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> When Alice and Bob are separated, and measure the

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On 10/6/2019 4:33 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 6:03:29 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:23 PM Bruno Marchal > wrote: When Alice and Bob are separated, and measure their particles state, the MWI only ask that whatever they found w

Re: Yes, it's true. Theoretical physics has become a lunatic asylum.

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 2:55:26 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/6/2019 2:37 AM, smitra wrote: > > On 04-10-2019 09:10, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 5:03 PM smitra > > wrote: > >> > >>> The descendant worlds get the same energy if they have well defined > >>> e

Re: How Many Universes Are There?

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 6:14:22 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 3 Oct 2019, at 12:12, Alan Grayson > > wrote: > > > > On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 3:39:26 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 1 Oct 2019, at 20:29, John Clark wrote: >> >> How Many Universes Are There? >

Re: Inflation

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 4:46:59 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 12:41 PM Alan Grayson > wrote: > > *> It's the "ironed out" that I don't understand. If there were some >> fluctuations, small deviations from thermal equilibrium, why would a sudden >> expansion atten

Re: Yes, it's true. Theoretical physics has become a lunatic asylum.

On 10/6/2019 2:37 AM, smitra wrote: On 04-10-2019 09:10, Bruce Kellett wrote: On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 5:03 PM smitra wrote: The descendant worlds get the same energy if they have well defined energy in which case computing the weighted average to get to the expectation value is unnecessary.

Re: Inflation

On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 1:27:49 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 11:41:25 AM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: >> >> On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 7:57:59 AM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> They came to equilibrium, and what thermal fluctuati

Comparison of quantum programming platforms

Overview and Comparison of Gate Level Quantum Software Platforms Ryan LaRose March 22, 2019 https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.02500 At the end, comparison of teleportation programming on 4 platforms. @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 1:38:37 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/6/2019 1:53 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > That is, as they say, it. Notice you don’t see anything about worlds in > there. The worlds are there whether you like it or not, sitting in Hilbert > space, waiting to see whethe

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On 10/6/2019 1:53 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: That is, as they say, it. Notice you don’t see anything about worlds in there. The worlds are there whether you like it or not, sitting in Hilbert space, waiting to see whether /*they become actualized in the course of the evolution.*/ What doe

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 12:43:05 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/6/2019 1:25 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 6 Oct 2019, at 02:50, Russell Standish > wrote: > >> > >> On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 09:05:49PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:15 PM Bruno Marchal

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On 10/6/2019 1:25 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 6 Oct 2019, at 02:50, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 09:05:49PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:15 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: On 5 Oct 2019, at 07:14, Bruce Kellett wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 a

Re: Observation versus assumption

So only "real scientists" comprise the NAS and nobody among that august body ever makes a mistake, or is off-base? How's tha Hockey Stick doing, and I am sure glad MIT  physicists didn't pimp the Soviet's line back in the 80's about Nuclear Winter!How's that fusion reactor doing? Powering your h

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On 10/6/2019 1:23 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: When Alice and Bob are separated, and measure their particles state, the MWI only ask that whatever they found will be correlated. In the world where Alice finds “up", Bob will find "down", and in the world where Alice finds “down”Bob will find “up”

Re: Wave structure of matter

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 1:39:20 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 5 Oct 2019, at 15:47, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 4:26:44 AM UTC-5, Samiya wrote: >> >> Interesting! >> Consider the ayaat quoted in this slide: > > > I suppose next you will say the K

Re: Inflation

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 5:46:59 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 12:41 PM Alan Grayson > wrote: > > *> It's the "ironed out" that I don't understand. If there were some >> fluctuations, small deviations from thermal equilibrium, why would a sudden >> expansion attenua

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 7:01:33 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 10:33 PM Philip Thrift > wrote: > >> On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 6:03:29 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: >>> >>> >>> And I have, on many occasions, shown that these approaches are not >>> successful in eliminating

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 10:33 PM Philip Thrift wrote: > On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 6:03:29 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: >> >> >> And I have, on many occasions, shown that these approaches are not >> successful in eliminating the non-locality. Price and Tipler, indeed, just >> reproduce the standard n

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 6:03:29 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:23 PM Bruno Marchal > wrote: > >> When Alice and Bob are separated, and measure their particles state, the >> MWI only ask that whatever they found will be correlated. In the world >> where Alice finds “u

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:23 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > When Alice and Bob are separated, and measure their particles state, the > MWI only ask that whatever they found will be correlated. In the world > where Alice finds “up", Bob will find "down", and in the world where Alice > finds “down”Bob wi

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:23 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 5 Oct 2019, at 13:05, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > Let us start again. Consider the entangled singlet state that we have been >> talking about: >> >> |psi> = (|+>|-> - |->|+>)/sqrt(2). >> >> This refers to two spacetime locations; >> >> >>

Re: Inflation

On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 12:41 PM Alan Grayson wrote: *> It's the "ironed out" that I don't understand. If there were some > fluctuations, small deviations from thermal equilibrium, why would a sudden > expansion attenuate them? * As I explained in my previous post, Inflation Theory says a very v

Re: Yes, it's true. Theoretical physics has become a lunatic asylum.

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 8:37 PM smitra wrote: > On 04-10-2019 09:10, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 5:03 PM smitra wrote: > > > >> The descendant worlds get the same energy if they have well defined > >> energy in which case computing the weighted average to get to the > >> expec

Re: Observation versus assumption

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 4:05 AM Bruno Marchal wrote: *> Those who critics my work are not member of the National Academy of > Sciences. They are not scientist. * And those who praise your work are not members of the National Academy of Sciences either, real scientists ignore your work because yo

Re: Yes, it's true. Theoretical physics has become a lunatic asylum.

On 04-10-2019 09:10, Bruce Kellett wrote: On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 5:03 PM smitra wrote: The descendant worlds get the same energy if they have well defined energy in which case computing the weighted average to get to the expectation value is unnecessary. In general the expectation value will n

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 3:25:41 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > On 6 Oct 2019, at 02:50, Russell Standish > wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 09:05:49PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:15 PM Bruno Marchal > wrote: > >> > >>On 5 Oct 2019, at 0

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:25 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 6 Oct 2019, at 02:50, Russell Standish wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 09:05:49PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:15 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> > >>On 5 Oct 2019, at 07:14, Bruce Kellett > wrote

Re: Yes, it's true. Theoretical physics has become a lunatic asylum.

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 1:19:52 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 5 Oct 2019, at 13:08, Philip Thrift > > wrote: > > > > On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 2:21:34 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 4 Oct 2019, at 20:04, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, October 4, 20

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

> On 6 Oct 2019, at 02:50, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 09:05:49PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:15 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>On 5 Oct 2019, at 07:14, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> >>On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 1:10 AM Bruno Marchal

Re: Sean Carroll: Universe a 'tiny sliver' of all there is

> On 5 Oct 2019, at 13:05, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:15 PM Bruno Marchal > wrote: > On 5 Oct 2019, at 07:14, Bruce Kellett > wrote: >> >> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 1:10 AM Bruno Marchal > >