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The Multiverse Is Not Science — It Is Metaphysics. And That Is Fine.

cknox · March 18, 2026 · 1 min read

String theory’s landscape and eternal inflation produce untestable predictions. When does theoretical physics become natural philosophy?

The boundary between physics and philosophy was always more porous than either discipline wanted to admit. The multiverse makes that porousness impossible to ignore.

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