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From: rdh@sun.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Physical objection to Vacuum Genesis (Try II)
Message-ID: <22278@sun.uucp>
Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 01:50:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 29 01:50:53 1987
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Reply-To: rdh@sun.UUCP (Robert Hartman)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View
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Keywords: Space-Time, Alternative universes, Hubble, Relativity

I agree that there's a fundamental difference (physically and 
philosophically) between the concept of vacuum as empty-space-between-
objects, and vacuum as a state-of-universal-nonbeing.

If vacuum-genesis postulates the pre-existence of a space-time continuum,
albeit one with a vastly different distribution of matter-energy,
then I'd have to agree with your objection that it doesn't explain the
origin of the universe.  If it ONLY explains the forces driving the
current distribution of energy-matter, that's still quite valuable.

By the way, thanks for trying again.  The second try seemed much clearer to
me.  -bob.