A paradox in the global description of the multiverse

Details A paradox in the global description of the multiverse A paradox in the global description of the multiverse

2006-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610132v2

JHEP 0706:018,2007

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

8 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2007/06/018

We use an argument by Page to exhibit a paradox in the global description of the multiverse: the overwhelming majority of observers arise from quantum fluctuations and not by conventional evolution. Unless we are extremely atypical, this contradicts observation. The paradox does not arise in the local description of the multiverse, but similar arguments yield interesting constraints on the maximum lifetime of metastable vacua.

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