Finally, I took the time to hear what Vilenkin had to say...
Here's his last slide:
And the slides with Guth:
I suspect the universe "didn't" have a beginning.
It's very likely eternal - but nobody knows.
So it seems the two authors have a differing take on the probabilities of the matter. Where does that leave us, common folk?
Scratching our heads... we don't know. We can't know (yet).
Here's his last slide:
And the slides with Guth:
I suspect the universe "didn't" have a beginning.
It's very likely eternal - but nobody knows.
So it seems the two authors have a differing take on the probabilities of the matter. Where does that leave us, common folk?
Scratching our heads... we don't know. We can't know (yet).