Recent content by PeterKinnon

It is perhaps better to picture the apple and Earth as producing a distortion of space-time such that they accelerate towards each other in proportion to their masses. This coalescence minimizing the distortion. Bearing in mind, of course, that the apple-earth is not an isolated system.

"What I am trying to get at is if there really is any new information being generated in the universe, or if the entire cycle of the universe, including a potential future big crunch or big whimper wasn't already predetermined at the moment the big bang came into existence or 'occurred.'" So...

Mutation is, according to our best understanding, entirely random. Other ways in which genetic diversity arise such as methylation, gene transfer, and sexual shuffling, are also largely random. The observed directionality of biological evolution is attributable to natural selection. Whereby...

The multiverse concept and dark energy/matter are certainly NOT scientific results. Along with the model presented in my book they are interpretations. Except that, for my model , I use well-established principles from fields such biology and chemistry rather than the more tenuous...

Before affirming that no such model exists you should perhaps take the trouble to read the book that presents it. Or are you saying the book does not exist? The model, and its evidential basis is outlined therein. It exists. Whether it corresponds to a plausible interpretation of reality...

However, while your basic conjecture/question is interesting and seems sound, it seems to me that as soon as you tie it to "our" universe with its observed dimensions and parameters and for which implementation of an UTM is known to be possible then tautology arises? Perhaps I am still missing...

A few points: 1. The anthropic principle is, of course, essentially tautologous. However it does help to draw attention to the apparent fine-tuning and observed directionality of the life process and to try to find explanations for these very pervasive and persistent patterns. 2. The two...