I'm not sure why we would say that all higher levels are deducible from lower levels until such a time as we can actually do that. A classic example...
It's the same as the one I described, it merely assumes L is infinity (L is the scale on which the universe would look different). This is of course...
True, but there is such a reason if we replace Newtonian gravity with GR. The answer is in the story of two principles: the "equivalence principle,"...
I agree, and the paradox there exposes the flaw in the entire paradigm. If the ultimate example of a mind-independent reality involves generating an...
Right, we have to keep catching ourselves to not fall into the mindset that the reality that we conceptualize is somehow an approximate or distorted...
That's why I'd say the main value of the multiverse concept is as an entry point to the question "what is physics for, and what is philosophy for?" ...
Not so much more. Remember, the Greeks generally did not think space was at all like Earth, they thought it was an entirely different substance, and...