This
is, of course, an overstatement. First
of all, quantum gravity applies to the entire universe, not just its
origins. If so, a careful philosophy of
nature will have to take into consideration all the problems raised by such a
theory, including those inherited from the philosophical problems of quantum
mechanics. Second of all, the demise
of steady state cosmology may well be premature, since a number of cosmologists
continue to construct models whose roots can be traced back to Hoyles early
work. See for example H. C. Arp, G.
Burbidge, F. Hoyle, J. V. Narlikar & N. C. Wickramasinghe, "The
extragalactic Universe: an alternative view," Nature 346 (30 August, 1990), 807-812.
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