Extending cosmological natural selection
McCabe, Gordon (2006) Extending cosmological natural selection.
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to propose an extension to Lee Smolin's hypothesis that our own universe belongs to a population of universes which have evolved by natural selection. Smolin's hypothesis explains why the parameters of physics possess the values we observe them to possess, but depends upon the contingent fact that the universe is a quantum relativistic universe. It is proposed that the prior existence of a quantum relativistic universe can itself be explained by the notion of evolution towards stable ('rigid') mathematical structures.
| Keywords: | cosmological natural selection; stable structures; deformation; standard model parameters |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Physics: Cosmology Specific Sciences: Mathematics Specific Sciences: Physics: Relativity Theory Specific Sciences: Physics |
| ID Code: | 2941 |
| Deposited By: | McCabe, Gordon |
| Deposited On: | 06 October 2006 |