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Just finished reading Hawking's 'The Grand Design' in which he appears to culminate in saying the Universe was spontaneously created by some sort of quantum mechanical process. He also comments that this is perfectly allowed if the total energy of the Universe is zero, suggesting that mass/energy is balanced with the negative energy associated with gravity.
My questions are therefore:
1/ Can this really be true? Has anyone attempted a more formal/rigorous study of it? (Well, the observable bits anyway.)
2/ What contribution does dark energy have to this Universal energy balancing act?
References / links to papers or articles grately appreciated
I also want to stress that this thread is in no way intended as an opportunity for religous discussion.
My questions are therefore:
1/ Can this really be true? Has anyone attempted a more formal/rigorous study of it? (Well, the observable bits anyway.)
2/ What contribution does dark energy have to this Universal energy balancing act?
References / links to papers or articles grately appreciated
I also want to stress that this thread is in no way intended as an opportunity for religous discussion.