Re: Time without end: Physics and Biology in an Open Universe

From: Earle Jones (earle.jones_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/27/04


Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:44:01 +0000 (UTC)

In article <clh819$j6l$1@darwin.ediacara.org>,
 ragland66@webtv.net (Michael Ragland) wrote:

> P.S. I thought I was alone in my belief intelligent life could modify
> the physical laws of the universe for its own purposes. Many may
> strongly disagree with Freeman Dyson but I don't think anybody would
> justifiably consider him a crackpot.

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Nowhere in Dyson's long piece do I find anything about intelligent
life changing the physical laws of the universe. In fact the whole
bit is prefaced on the fact that the laws are constant.

earle
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