Subject: Re: The Life of the Cosmos - Lee Smolin From: (john
baez) Date: 1998/03/28 Message-ID: <6fkldm$> Newsgroups:
sci.physics,,sci.astro In article <6f4pep$>, Riboflavin wrote:
>OK, this Smolin thread has been going on for a while now, but
one thing I've >missed: why does he have this thing about
maximizing black hole production? >It just seems very out of
place, and gives the theory a feeling of having >been "buzzword
enhanced" to me. So, why the black hole maximization bit?
Perhaps you missed my summary of his theory, which explained why
he expects black hole production to be maximized. Here it is
again: Smolin's theory is based on 2 hypotheses. A. The
formation of a black hole creates "baby universe," the final
singularity of the black hole tunnelling right on through to the
initial "big bang" singularity of the new universe thanks to
quantum effects. While this must undoubtedly seem outre to
anyone unfamiliar with the sort of thing theoretical physicists
amuse themselves with these days, in a recent r