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Cosmology deals with the physical situation that is the context in the large for human existence (Christopher Smeenk, George Ellis)
On the one hand, the argument arises from human curiosity as to why there is something rather than nothing or than something else. It invokes a concern for some full, complete, ultimate, or best explanation of what exists contingently. On the other hand, it raises intrinsically important philosophical questions about contingency and necessity, causation and explanation, part/whole relationships (mereology), possible worlds, infinity, sets, the nature of time, and the nature and origin of the universe (Bruce Reichenbach)
https://cg.org.es/why-the-origin-of-life-and-the-universe-itself-might-be-forever-unknowable-27
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Why the origin of life and the Universe itself might be forever unknowable
The first is about the origin of the Universe; the second about the origin of life. Unfortunately, there are physical limitations that make research difficult. We can only see back in time to 300,000 years after the Big Bang. We don’t exactly know what happened before that. In much the same way, biologists can trace all of life back to a single kind of organism
24 May 2024, Big Think
The first is about the origin of the Universe; the second about the origin of life. Unfortunately, there are physical limitations that make research difficult. We can only see back in time to 300,000 years after the Big Bang. We don’t exactly know what happened before that. In much the same way, biologists can trace all of life back to a single kind of organism
24 May 2024, Big Think
https://cg.org.es/what-happened-before-the-big-bang-26
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What Happened Before the Big Bang?
Now, a team of scientists led by the CfA's Xingang Chen, along with Loeb, and Zhong-Zhi Xianyu of the Physics Department of Harvard University, have applied an idea they call a "primordial standard clock" to the non-inflationary theories, and laid out a method that may be used to falsify inflation experimentally
12 May 2024, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian
Now, a team of scientists led by the CfA's Xingang Chen, along with Loeb, and Zhong-Zhi Xianyu of the Physics Department of Harvard University, have applied an idea they call a "primordial standard clock" to the non-inflationary theories, and laid out a method that may be used to falsify inflation experimentally
12 May 2024, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian
https://cg.org.es/consciousness-in-the-universe-a-review-of-the-orch-or-theory-25
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Consciousness in the universe: A review of the ‘Orch OR’ theory
The Orch OR theory proposes quantum computations in brain microtubules account for consciousness. Microtubule ‘quantum channels’ in which anesthetics erase consciousness are identified. Evidence for warm quantum vibrations in brain microtubules is cited. Interference of microtubule vibrations are ‘beat frequencies’ seen as EEG
5 May 2024, ScienceDirect
The Orch OR theory proposes quantum computations in brain microtubules account for consciousness. Microtubule ‘quantum channels’ in which anesthetics erase consciousness are identified. Evidence for warm quantum vibrations in brain microtubules is cited. Interference of microtubule vibrations are ‘beat frequencies’ seen as EEG
5 May 2024, ScienceDirect
April 2024
– Scientists closer to solving mysteries of universe after measuring gravity in quantum world
– The Many-Worlds Theory, Explained
– Death, Physics and Wishful Thinking
– The Origin of the Universe: Big Bang to God Theory
– Scientists closer to solving mysteries of universe after measuring gravity in quantum world
– The Many-Worlds Theory, Explained
– Death, Physics and Wishful Thinking
– The Origin of the Universe: Big Bang to God Theory
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