Inflation, Quantum Cosmology and the Anthropic Principle
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v2 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Popular Physics
Space Physics
Abstract
Anthropic principle can help us to understand many properties of our world. However, for a long time this principle seemed too metaphysical and many scientists were ashamed to use it in their research. I describe here a justification of the weak anthropic principle in the context of inflationary cosmology and suggest a possible way to justify the strong anthropic principle using the concept of the multiverse.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0211048,
title = {Inflation, Quantum Cosmology and the Anthropic Principle},
author = {Andrei Linde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0211048},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
35 pages, 2 figs., to appear in "Science and Ultimate Reality: From Quantum to Cosmos", honoring John Wheeler's 90th birthday. J. D. Barrow, P.C.W. Davies, & C.L. Harper eds. Cambridge University Press (2003)