The Myth of the Muttering Madman is a project in self-realization.

Friday, June 08, 2007

Pond universe

Why _not_ use the analogy of blustering wind whipping ripples in the surface of a pond to understand cosmic microwave background radiation? Surely the fish aren't theorising about the wind, but rather the ripples.

Who's to say the pond wouldn't be rippling without the wind anyway?

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