Remember this story from yesterday?: Planck satellite data says that big BICEP2 cosmic inflation multiverse is just dust
(If nothing else, given all the hype, this episode shows how much some need to believe we live in a multiverse.)
It turns out, according to Peter Woit, Scientific American has a feature (October 2014) that assumes the find isn’t just dust, promoting Larry Krauss:
If the recent discovery of gravitational waves emanating from the early universe holds up under scrutiny, it will illuminate a connection between gravity and quantum mechanics and perhaps, in the process, verify the existence of other universes
You’d have to pay for the article, but until the dust settles, why bother?
Didn’t science used to have higher standards? For example, waiting until we were sure it isn’t just dust?
See also: William Lane Craig is “disingenuous,” and he “shocked” Larry Krauss in a recent debate?
Hat tip: Not Even Wrong
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