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Much ado about nothing: cosmological and anthropic limits of quantum fluctuations

History and Philosophy of Physics 2020-06-19 v1

Abstract

This paper deals with the philosophical issues of the notion of nothingness and pre-inflationary stage of the universe in physical cosmology. We presuppose that, in addition to cosmological limits, there may be both anthropic and computational limits for our ability to understand and replicate the conditions before the Big Bang. That is, the very notion of nothingness and pre-Big Bang state may be conceptually, but not computationally grasped.

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@article{arxiv.2006.10384,
  title  = {Much ado about nothing: cosmological and anthropic limits of quantum fluctuations},
  author = {Kristina Šekrst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.10384},
  year   = {2020}
}