https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/has-observing-the-universe-sealed-its-fate.199811/#post-1516658 said:I have decided that indeed the final two sentences of the paper left the incorrect impression that causality was somehow involved. The purpose of these comments was to refer to work I have been discussing with Alan Guth related to this paper.. namely to what extent cosmological observations made today constrain the nature of the wavefunction and our quantum state in a way that may imply we are not in the late-decaying phase.. This is what I should have said, rather than leaving the incorrect impression that somehow actually making the measurement has a causal effect.. it does not.. it merely constrains our quantum state.. The new version of the paper with the last two sentences changed removes this ambiguity I hope, for all future journalists who look at it.
L. Krauss
In his clarification, he's saying that observations place limits on the possible ways the universe can be. For a simple example, if we observe that a clear sky is blue, then any model that would predict a different color of a clear sky would have to be wrong: whatever the laws of physics are, they must allow for a blue sky, since that's what we see.Trollfaz said:I m sorry i have to revive this thread, but i still can't figure what he's really saying
Prof Krauss' statements should be interpreted based on the context in which they were made. It is important to consider the full context and not just a single statement. Additionally, it is best to refer to Prof Krauss directly for clarification.
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