Democritus, or perhaps Leucippus, was the first Western thinker to propose an infinite universe. Many of Democritus’ commentators in early Greek philosophy, most notably Aristotle, found the hypothesis extravagant. However, numerous strands of 20th century physics suggest Democritus not have gone far enough, and advance a succession of theories positing an infinite number of universes. Quantum [...]
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