Neil Turok

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But this is exactly what Hawking's formula does.

So we just applied Hawking's formula.

You see how many states there are, and then you see which macroscopic parameters correspond to more states.

And you find that there are more states when the universe is smooth for just the same reason that more states for gas in a room when it's smooth.

It's very unlikely that all the molecules go in one corner.

Um, and so, yeah, so the, the, the point of view of simply counting states is

is I believe much more profound view and much more appropriate for cosmology.

Certainly, nobody's started the universe.

If the universe has some self-contained existence, which is the most economical possibility.

Otherwise, we need some other thing than the universe to create the universe.

I'm always interested in the simplest possibility because I think it's likely to be the most testable.

So if the universe kind of defines itself, then, um, then all we need to do is to see which.

So applying whatever condition we have, we have CPT symmetric condition, which allows us to count the states using Hawking's method.

But other people may have other proposals for kind of the beginning of the universe or how does the universe become self-contained?

Count the number of possibilities and just pick the typical one.

And if your theory says this is typical, then it's a good theory.

Why is simplicity so important?

Because it leads to... Well, why is simplicity important?

It's important because it's what we see in nature.

I honestly believe that for some reason we do not understand the universe...

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