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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 20:40:48 EDT
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From:  Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) 

Theoretical speculation is fine -- but it should be to the point and
provide at least some reason to believe that it can eventually be
tested.  As an example, here is my contribution; discussion welcomed:

Speculation:  In a closed cosmology, the solutions to continuous
field equations a la Einstein will have quantized solutions, and
this quantization will be of interesting dimensions so that this
model may illuminate quantum aspects of reality from a different
perspective than that generally accepted.

This speculation is specific enough, I think, to be completely
shot down by reasonable argumentation or to lead to interesting
development of fresh ideas in fundamental physical theory.  The
specific cosmology and field equations are left deliberately
vague, since I don't think the acceptability of this approach
depends on the details.  If you need a specific model, take the
Einstein-Schrodinger theory (general relativity with cosmological
term and no symmetry constraints, with the connection the
primary field rather than the metric) and a DeSitter cosmology.

I really hope we don't hear "this is wrong because it is not
what I learned in school".