universe What Is The Purpose Of The Universe?

[Turk.]

By George Dvorsky 2/04/13 11:31 am

The more we learn about the universe, the more we discover just how diverse all its planets, stars, nebulae and unexplained chunks of matter really are. So what is all this matter doing in our universe, other than just floating in space?

Well, it just so happens that there is a theory that gives a kind of raison d'etre to our universe and all the objects flying through it. If true, it would mean that our universe is nothing more than a black hole generator, or a means to produce as many baby universes as possible. To learn more, we spoke to the man who came up with the idea.

It's called the theory of Cosmological Natural Selection and it was conjured by Lee Smolin, a researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and and an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo.

In his book, The Life of the Cosmos, Smolin proposed that Darwinian processes still apply at the extreme macro-scale and to non-biological entities. Because the universe is a potentially replicative unit, he suggests that it's subject to selectional pressures. Consequently, nearly everything the universe does is geared toward replication.

The critics

Needless to say, Smolin's Big Idea has received its fair share of criticism. It's an extraordinary idea, after all, and extraordinary ideas often undergo extraordinary levels of scrutiny.

Cosmologist Joe Silk, for example, says the universe we observe is far from being an optimal producer of black holes. He speculates that other "versions" of the universe could do a much better job.

Similarly, Alexander Vilenkin argues that the rate of black hole formation can be improved by increasing the value of the cosmological constant. Smolin is wrong, he says, to hypothesize that the current values of all the constants of nature are perfectly adjusted to maximize black hole production.

Ruediger Vaas complains that Smolin's first mistake was to start making analogies to Darwinian processes. The fitness of Smolin's universes, he says, aren't constrained by their environments, but by the numbers of black holes. Moreover, although Smolin's universes have different replication rates, they aren't competing against each other ? what he feels is a crucial component of any Darwinian process.

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[LAPDAlonzo]

  Subjects like this can turn into a heated discussion, didn't know posts like this was allowed.

Anyways about, the question. Well it doesn't make any sense. What do you mean what is the purpose?

[Hum]

The Universe is a physical expression of symbolic Ideas held by All-That-Is.

 

Slowed down Energy from the Source.

 

And there are many Dimensions and Realities that humans can not perceive.

 

The purpose is to grow and Expand Consciousness -- to become More.

 

Explore all Probabilities.

 

Perpetuate Eternity.

[tiagosilva29]

The Universe exists to store Hum and Rappy's posts.

[Shaun N.]

Universe and UniData are both operating environments which run on current Unix, Linux and Windows operating systems.

 

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[Tomo]

The universe has no purpose, it just exists. It's a bit like saying what's the meaning of life, there isn't a meaning we are just the result of a chain of events.