Why a universe as a whole must be a quantum object

Pedro F. González-Díaz
DOI: 10.4236/ns.2011.35053                

Abstract

Technical and physical reasons are given in favor of the idea that single universes, accelerating or not, essentially are quantum-mechanical entities without any classical analogs, even when they are forming part of a given multi- verse.

Keywords

Decoherence; Baby Universes; Bell's Inequalities

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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