David Deutsch: Fabric of Reality, the (Penguin science)

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“Reality is an enigma. Let me "emerge" into this with the thought that David's world-view is well worth discussing here.

With respect to chapter 14, if WMAP shows our universe/multiverse is flat, I wondered if the Omega Point Theory is defunct. David feels that the omega point cosmological model, as proposed by Tipler, was, on the face of it anyway, already defunct because of the Type 1a supernova results.

I like how he praises explanation and criticizes instrumentalism. His...”

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marcus said:

“There is a strange history to how I came to read this book. I was in transit in Kuala Lumpur on the way back from , or going to, Sydney Australia, and I went to the men's room for a piss. When I came out of the cubicle, which I tend to use rather than the urinals if possible, I saw this book lying by the side of the wash basin. I looked around: no-one there. Obviously, I thought, the Cosmos wants me to read this book. or, someone on the Other Side is sending me this for a reason.
I wasn't wrong. Its a mind-changing event to read this exposition of the multiverse.
Mind you, having accepted that there are multiple realities, each developed differently from our own unique narratives, nothing much changes, except that the paths not taken take on a slightly more solid mental existence.”

posted Wednesday, July 9 2008

timmah said:

“Has anyone read this book?”

posted Wednesday, March 5 2008

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The Fabric of Reality (Penguin Science)

by David Deutsch