“Space is not just an empty background in which things happen.”

It’s hard to build models of inflation that don’t lead to a multiverse. It’s not impossible, so I think there’s still certainly research that needs to be done.

Everything can be created from nothing.

Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize.

Why it banged, or what happened before it banged.

Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all.

It is fair to say that the universe is the ultimate free lunch.

It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang.

In the context of general relativity, space almost is a substance.

But most models of inflation do lead to a multiverse.

It can bend and twist and stretch, and probably the best way to think about space is to just kind of imagine a big piece of rubber that you can pull and twist and bend.

The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged.

The recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch.

The question of the origin of the matter in the universe is no longer thought to be beyond the range of science.

And evidence for inflation will be pushing us in the direction of taking [the idea of a] multiverse seriously.

It’s actually safe to create a universe in your basement.

Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can descend, even with all that spiritual background!

It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown and failure we may magnify the grace of God and recognize that it is the delight of the Spirit of God to work upon the platform of human impossibilities.

With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology.

Like it or not the American people support the term ‘background check.’

My mother’s background was Scottish.

The Welfare State, South Africa – and it becomes impossible to seriously confront any of them without understanding their historical background.

They support the concept of it even though they know it won’t work to keep guns out of the hands of criminals they figure ‘well if criminals aren’t supposed to have guns what’s the big deal about a background check,’

If you don’t have the background awareness of oneness, duality becomes real.