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The study of the Wave Function of the Universe is in its infancy. It will undoubtedly change in many ways before it is done.

John Barrow (2007)



What we really want is some principle that tells us why the organization of the Universe changes in the way that it does: why it now expands so uniformly and isotropically.

John Barrow (2007)



The question of why the Universe is as it is, is inextricably linked to that of why fundamental physics is the way that it is.

John Barrow (2007)



(E)lementary particles come in populations of universally identical particles.

John Barrow (2007)



The symbols are 0, ‘zero’, S, ‘successor of’, +, ×, and =.

John Barrow (2007)



Most fundamental pictures of the physical world assume that the basic notions – fields, space, and time – are continuous entities rather than discrete bits.

John Barrow (2007)



Quantum tunneling processes, which are familiar to physicists and routinely observed, correspond to transitions which do not have a classical path.

John Barrow (2007)



[T]he pure mathematical research literature is virtually impenetrable to outsiders.

John Barrow (2007)



The message seems to be this: reality is non-local, so get used to it.

Jim Baggott (2004)