Stability and Probability

Update: 2018-04-24

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Erik Curiel and Simon Friederich discuss how reasoning in cosmology sometimes conflates topological stability with probability, and why that might be wrong. In the second part of their discussion, Erik Curiel and Simon Friederich talk about the connection between stability arguments, which are popular in discussions of fine-tuning, and probability. Erik raises a problem for a common form of reasoning in cosmology. This discussion was conducted at the University of Oxford on October 6, 2017.

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Fine-Tuning Discussion

2018-04-2430:05

Erik Curiel: Measure, Topology, and Probability in Cosmology.

2018-04-2441:33

Natalja Deng: What Kind of Fine-Tuner?

2018-04-2433:59

Simon Friederich: Fine-Tuning for Life in the Universe, A Panoramic View

2018-04-2440:15

Evidence in the Multiverse

2018-04-2425:24

The Hard Fact of Life in Big Physics City

2018-04-2414:56

Stability and Probability

2018-04-2415:31

Problems with Probability

2018-04-2419:53

The New Era in Observational Cosmology

2017-04-0407:17

When is a theory good enough?

2017-04-0414:10

Can we measure naturalness?

2017-04-0407:46

An Encyclopedia of Inflation

2017-04-0424:12

Inflation in the Future

2017-04-0407:03

Strings, Inflation, and Alternatives

2017-04-0424:07

Inflation Predicts

2017-04-0415:53

Evidence For Inflation

2017-04-0421:33

Panel on Inflation

2017-04-0422:47

Does Inflationary Cosmology Solve Fine-Tuning Problems?

2017-04-0447:28

Inflationary Attractors

2017-04-0440:43

Inflation After Planck

2017-04-0448:58

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Stability and Probability

Simon Friederich, Erik Curiel

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Stability and Probability

Simon Friederich, Erik Curiel

Stability and Probability