https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135802001
Zen and the Art of Space-Time Manufacturing
1 Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto
2 Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
a e-mail: orfeu.bertolami@fc.up.pt
Published online: 5 September 2013
We present a general discussion about the so-called emergent properties and discuss whether space-time and gravity can be regarded as emergent features of underlying more fundamental structures. Finally, we discuss some ideas about the multiverse, and speculate on how our universe might arise from the multiverse.
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