Harvard Scientist Suggests That Our Universe Was Made In a Lab by Aliens

 

Advanced Civilizations

Our Universe was produced in a laboratory by a higher "class" of lifeform, according to a Harvard scientist.

The bestselling author and former chair of Harvard's astronomy department, Avi Loeb, submitted an op-ed in Scientific American claiming that the Universe could have been produced in a lab by a"advanced technological civilisation." According to him, if the origin myth is real, it will combine the religious concept of a creator with the secular concept of quantum gravity.

"Because our universe has a flat geometry and no net energy," Loeb wrote, "an intelligent civilization could have invented a technology that created a newborn universe out of nothing by quantum tunneling."

Class A Civilization

One of the most intriguing concepts given in an essay packed with them is a civilization classification system. Humans, according to Loeb, are classified as a low-level technological civilization (class C) (or a civilization dependent on its host star).

We will be categorised as class B if and when our technology advances to the point where we can become self-sufficient from the Sun. If we could build our own baby universes in a lab, we'd be class A. (like our theoretical creators).

Of course, there are a number of roadblocks in our way, the most significant of which, according to Loeb, is our inability to create a "big enough density of dark energy within a limited region." We will, however, be able to join our putative creators in class A if and when we arrive!

In any event, the hypothesis is intriguing, humbling, and a little scary at the same time. If Loeb's previous theories are to be believed, we're probably not the only ones vying for class A rank.

Originally Published Here.