In the last couple of posts, I've discussed the Hartle-Hawking proposal and the math behind it. Now let's discuss the theological implications. In his Brief History of Time (written 1988; I'm just going to be engaging with this book and … Continue reading
In this post, I've put some more technical details about what the concept of imaginary time means, to help clarify the previous post about the Hartle-Hawking No Boundary Proposal. If you don't want to have to understand equations, skip this. … Continue reading
The last bit of evidence from physics which I'll discuss is the "no-boundary" proposal of Jim Hartle and Stephen Hawking (and some related ideas). The Hartle-Hawking proposal was described in Hawking's well known pop book, A Brief History of Time. … Continue reading
Down in the comments section of this post, reader St. TY has the following kind thing to say about me: What an excellent blog. I have been looking for one like this for a long time. I tell what I … Continue reading
The blog was down for several days due to computer troubles. There was a power failure in Mountain View while my parents were out of town, and then when it ended the wall.org computer booted up with the wrong operating … Continue reading
A reader who wishes to be anonymous writes in with the following question: I heard your paper referenced in the Carroll vs Craig debate, attempted to read it, then looked you up and found your blog (which I really like!!). … Continue reading
Last time I discussed the cosmological implications of the regular-old Ordinary Second Law. Now I want to discuss what happens if you use the Generalized Second Law instead—this being a generalization of the Second Law to situations involving black holes … Continue reading
I have moved my comments policy, with help entering equations to its own page, accessible from the top bar above. Recently, a few people have had trouble leaving comments on the site, due to incorrectly formatting equations, and some capricious … Continue reading