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http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/rnicoll/11556830/
"The multiverse: a theory in trouble...It appears that those cosmic
gluttons called "black holes" may be a figment of physicists'
imagination.....General relativity is one of the twin pillars upon
which all physics rests (the other is quantum mechanics). Since black
holes are thought a necessary consequence of relativity, part of their
"cash value" comes from their confirmation of this highly celebrated
theory. In the minds of theorists, black holes and general relativity
are inextricably linked. To question either is tantamount to a
Christian questioning the bodily resurrection of Christ.....The
related phenomena of wormholes and time-tunneling are seen as portals
to exploration and understanding....Many-worlds is the thematic thread
in films like Johnny Darko, Run Lola Run and What the Bleep Do We
Know? Much of its appeal can be attributed to the growing influence of
Eastern mysticism combined with the popular notion that science will
save us. Nevertheless, most mainline physicists have dismissed the
theory as transcendental science.....Arguably, the most sophisticated
multiverse theory belongs to Smolin. Lee Smolin is a physicist who has
a deep admiration for Darwin's theory of natural selection.....In
contrast, Smolin's supercosmos is a product of common descent from a
primordial granddaddy.....Clearly, Smolin's energetic effort to keep
naturalism afloat rises or falls on the validity of black holes.
However recent developments indicate that it is a mere shifting of
deck chairs on the Titanic.....Stephen Hawking shocked his colleagues
by reversing his 30-year position. In a 2004 conference in Ireland,
Dr. Hawking presented the results of his latest calculations before
concluding: "I'm sorry to disappoint science fiction fans, but if
[mass and energy] is preserved [as required by the laws of physics]
there is no possibility of using black holes to travel to other
universes.'' Flash! The most celebrated scientist of our day ceded
that black holes are not portals to other worlds. That was bad news
enough....This has caused a growing number of scientists to reconsider
the viability of many-worlds, despite its outrageous extravagance and
its logical extensions into mysticism. To be sure, these are desperate
times for the philosophical naturalist."

Some day Einstein zombie world may even discover that Smolin's,
Hawking's etc. idiocies are simply camouflaging a truth that can be
extracted from the following two confessions:

Albert Einstein: "If the speed of light is the least bit affected by
the speed of the light source, then my whole theory of relativity and
theory of gravity is false."

Albert Einstein: "I consider it entirely possible that physics cannot
be based upon the field concept, that is on continuous structures.
Then nothing will remain of my whole castle in the air, including the
theory of gravitation, but also nothing of the rest of contemporary
physics."

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