Posted: Apr 27, 2010 11:15 pm
rEvolutionist wrote:Doesn't string theory have infinite solutions? That is, it relies on setting unknown constants that could have any value possible, to a predetermined value so as to give an accurate solution. I.e. it is made to fit reality after the fact.
I read at least 10500 solutions have been identified in the 'landscape' hitherto. The observable universe looks most like the loftier peaks in that landscape. As Weinberg notes, the Earth's precise orbit is not derivable from 1st principles yet there must be many earth-like orbits occupied by earth-like planets across the galaxies we see. Similarly, observable universes like ours may (or may not) be the rarest of peaks in a grander scheme, who knows?
