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Originally posted by Royce
I don't believe in the multiple universe possibility. It is unnecessary and inelegant. That of course does not mean that it isn't true. It is a moot point anyway as there is no possiblity that one could influence the other in any way or that there could be any information pass from one to the other. If that were not true then they would not be separate different universes but simply different locations in the same universe.
As far as matter and energy being the same thing in a physical real sense, matter has rest mass, occupies spacetime and is incapable of traveling at C. Energy has 0 rest mass, does not occupy spacetime and can only travel at C meaning that it is outside time. I think that that should do it and as all of this is scientifically proved and accepted for anywhere/time other that quantum levels/times it is practically speaking real in the macro sense.
As far as singularities are concerned I afraid we are stuck with them just like bad neighbors or relatives. Like them or not they are here and here to stay.
Until COBE there was no evidence to support the BG and it may just be coincidence. It is all specutation and hypothasis. There is no way to prove or disprove any of it.
By definition the word "universe" encompasses everything, whether all of everything interacts or not. If you prefer, I'll call it the multi-verse. As for your definition of matter and energy, again, these are merely useful conventions physics has adopted. Exactly what quanta are (matter, energy, and/or something altogether unknowable) is still a hotly debated issue.
Originally posted by heusdens
MATTER in the philosophical sense IS (physical) matter AND energy!
Physics makes the distinction, and E=mc2 just explains that (physcial) matter and energy can be transformed from one to the other.
Yes, and E=MCC contradicts QM so you can just go back and forth between the two and invent any interpretation of the ultimate nature of reality you want. Or alternatively, you can just admit how profoundly ignorant physics is on the subject.