Re: The reality of sets, on a scale of 1 to 10 (theory of theories)

On 3/26/2025 6:11 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:

On 3/24/2025 8:45 AM, Jim Burns wrote:

On 3/23/2025 10:48 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:

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Perhaps, well, sometimes I think
we (our universe) might be contained within
a black hole residing inside our parent universe.
Two massive black holes might of merged in our parent,
there merger was "fertile",
and created us, perhaps?.
Our universe.
This is just thinking out loud here for fun.
Whatever! ;^)

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Suppose physics permits, in some universes,
a really advanced technology to bud off
baby universes, with some variation in constants.
Those life.friendly, civilization.friendly universes
would provide the lion's share of universes.
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That's intended to explain why our universe
is so friendly to us. Pick a random universe.
Since (assuming blablablah) most are friendly,
you've most likely picked a friendly universe.

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Thanks, Jim.
Some of my thoughts I sometimes have
wrt this "infinite fractal cosmic tree"
revolve around, well,
it was never created simply because it was always there?
There is no chicken and egg problem?
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Too out there?

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Not at all.
You are in alignment with
the Steady State hypothesis,
which is approximately:
Everything is the way it is because
it's always been that way.
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Before the Big Bang was the frontrunner
in the best.theory.sweepstakes,
there was the Steady State.
It wasn't even so long ago that
it was frontrunner.
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Einstein inserted the term Λgₘₙ into
his General Relativity field equations
  Rₘₙ - ½Rgₘₙ + Λgₘₙ = 8πG/c⁴⋅Tₘₙ
in order for them to have Steady State solutions.
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Later,
when evidence was found of a hot early universe,
Einstein is said to have called Λgₘₙ
his greatest blunder.
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So,
although today the evidence points away from
the Steady State universe,
it didn't always point away.
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If I were typing this even a week ago,
I would be reciting some very definite numbers
alleged to describe our universe.
However, I've recently learned that
we've learned that
the universe is expanding unevenly,
so
there's a whole lot of re.thinking going on.
I'm not sure what to tell you.