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Letter: Random beginning

Published 12 December 2012

From Bob Holland

Philosophers and theologians of a traditional kind might be interested in your article on cosmic origins (1 December, p 32) which acknowledges the universe must have had a beginning, even though we might not know when that might have been. And as all theories must have existed before this event, I should like to congratulate whoever chose quantum theory to run it…

Sydney, Australia

Issue no. 2895 published 15 December 2012

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