Genius by Stephen Hawking

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Originally posted by TomK

Like it or not, quantum mechanics does suggest exactly what Hawking was trying to explain. Then again, I have a hard time accepting it as well and went through all the the things you didn't. I am, however, an experimental physicist so if you can't test a hypothesis then it remains a hypothesis, and the multiverse remains just that, no matter how intriguing the physics is.

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I enjoy the irony of when theoretical physics, driven by data, math, and logic, winds up circling back to the cul-de-sac of faith and belief.

The improbability of the forces of our universe being "just right" strongly suggests that ours just is one of very many. However, since (by definition) the existence of other universes cannot be tested, using science is not really an option and we are doomed to resort to... belief. Would we like to believe there exists parallel universes in which our lives are super-awesome and everyone got what they had coming? Of course we would.

I look forward to the rise of the inevitable Church of the Universe Where Things Worked Out Great For Me.[8D]