--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > "...the dark energy is infinitesimal and no one has been able to > > > > say why. > > > > > > > > Except, that is, for followers of a controversial doctrine > > > > called the > > > > anthropic principle. There is no fundamental reason, they say, > > > > why the > > > > dark energy is so weak. It is just that if it were much > > > > stronger, space > > > > would have expanded too rapidly to harbor stars and, ultimately, > > > > life. > > > > The implication is that there is a multitude of possible > > > > universes, > > > > each with its own physics. Naturally, we are in one where it is > > > > possible for us to exist." > > > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/weekinreview/08johnson.html > > > > > > It's not really THAT controversial. Stephen Hawkings subscribes > > > to it, I think... > > > > It's not controversial at all, it's completely logical. > > And thus almost certainly incorrect. :-)
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