The Mathematical Multiverse and the Meta-Measure Problem - S2:E11

Author: Aaron Zimmer and Elie Feder
Published: Sun 02 Feb 2025
Episode Link: https://www.physicstogod.com/

If you thought multiverse scientists have difficulty explaining the fine tuning of the constants without God, you won’t believe the trouble they have explaining away the designed laws of nature. The mathematical multiverse solution to the design of the laws is so outlandish it makes a standard multiverse look tame by comparison. It’s really the ultimate multiverse theory - and it runs directly into the ultimate meta-measure problem.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Opening

1:27 - Introduction

4:04 - The Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

8:42 - Evidence for the Mathematical Multiverse

10:33 - Are Simple Laws of Nature Typical?

14:02 - Another Designed Measure

14:00 - The Meta-Measure Problem

19:55 - The Difference between Science and Mathematics

24:33 - The Relationship between Science and Mathematics

27:10 - Why Science Needs God

Get essay versions of all episodes in Season 1: Intelligent Cause and Season 2: Analyzing & Rejecting Multiverse