Sublime

separating out coherent spin from background radiation.

any universe that emerges from inflation comes equipped with small irregularities in the temperature of the radiation and in the density of the matter.

The equations we devise to explain the unexplored or unknown have to make “sense” to our left brain’s way of thinking and perceiving. If it does not make sense and fit into our closed loops of reality, then we will just chop pieces off until it does. You cannot imagine how many times this has happened in the history of physics.

second problem is that nobody’s been able to come up with the math to support this theory of wave function collapse.

“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search … a little theory and a little calculation would have saved him 90 percent of his labor.”

quantum cosmology

if each gold atom were on average several centimetres from its nearest neighbour, one might pass one’s hand through the ‘sheet’ without touching any gold at all. Similarly, there is an ultimate lump or ‘atom’ of light, a photon.

This is a general phenomenon. Symmetries of physical systems tend to get broken when the temperature falls, leading to richer structures and more room for complexity.