Is there paradox with infinite space?

DOI10.1023/B:GERG.0000038474.55903.3FMaRDI QIDQ701987zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors D. H. Coule

Publication date 17 January 2005

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311022

zbMATH Keywords

cellular automatacosmologyinflationinfinite universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We argue that whether the universe is infinite or finite is less crucial than usually supposed. Paradoxes of repeating behaviour in the infinite, or eternal inflationary, universe can be alleviated by a realistic definition of differing lives. We also critically question the notion that our universe could simply be a simulation in somebody else's computer.

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