Alan Guth Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Alan Guth
It's hard to build models of inflation that don't lead to a multiverse. It's not impossible, so I think there's still certainly research that needs to be done. But most models of inflation do lead to a multiverse, and evidence for inflation will be pushing us in the direction of taking [the idea of a] multiverse seriously. — Alan Guth
Now, what space ultimately is - I should confess, I think most physicists believe - we don't yet know. — Alan Guth
The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged, why it banged, or what happened before it banged. — Alan Guth
When one studies the properties of atoms, one found that the reality is far stranger than anybody would have invented in the form of fiction. Particles really do have the possibility of, in some sense, being in more than one place at one time. — Alan Guth
The recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch. — Alan Guth
Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen. — Alan Guth
In the context of general relativity, space almost is a substance. It can bend and twist and stretch, and probably the best way to think about space is to just kind of imagine a big piece of rubber that you can pull and twist and bend. — Alan Guth
Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang. — Alan Guth
It's actually safe to create a universe in your basement. — Alan Guth
Our best theory of describing space at a fundamental level is probably string theory. — Alan Guth