Hello All, This is quote from Wikipedia entry in Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics "Some cosmologists argue that the universe is in a false vacuum state and that consequently the universe should have already experienced quantum tunnelling to a true vacuum state. This has not happened and is cited as evidence in favor of many-worlds. In some worlds, quantum tunnelling to a true vacuum state has happened but most other worlds escape this tunneling and remain viable. This can be thought of as a variation on quantum suicide." So,we live in false vacuum and is indication of many worlds? Any thoughts?
I'd like to directly read what these "some cosmologists" have to say: first, to judge whether they are real scientists or crackpots; second to see their own words rather than an abstract on Wikipedia. I have written Wikipedia articles!
Also,"some" doesn't mean "many",much less "all"...also I t may be cited as evidence by the proponents of MWI but remained unconvincing for others...
Found this...... http://www.reasonablefaith.org/vilenkins-cosmic-vision-a-review-essay-of-many-worlds-in-one Vilenkin's Cosmic Vision: A Review Essay of Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes, by Alex Vilenkin. Read more: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/vile...iew-essay-of-many-worlds-in-one#ixzz3VWgXRUlS
?? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Not really...... A "false vacuum" as inferred in this thread, is what occurred at a short instant after the BB, and relates to when the Superforce started to decouple, gravity first, creating these false vacuums and associated phase transitions...analogious somewhat to ice turning to water, or vice versa. Or as WIKI puts it..... In quantum field theory, a false vacuum is a metastablesector of space that appears to be a perturbative vacuum, but is unstable due to instanton effects that may tunnel to a lower energy state. This tunneling can be caused by quantum fluctuations or the creation of high-energy particles. The false vacuum is a local minimum, but not the lowest energy state, even though it may remain stable for some time. This is analogous to metastability for first-order phase transitions.[citation needed]
