For Clément Vidal — "do you manage to make hyperfecund universes?"

CNS Hyperfecundity Landscape

A 2D fitness heatmap over two physical constants at a time. Purple/black = sterile. Gold = our universe. White = hyperfecund. Can we find universes that beat ours for black hole production?

Axes

X axis

Y axis

Axis range (log scale, symmetric)

Fixed constants

G ratio

×1.00

α ratio

×1.00

Λ ratio

×1.00

m_p/m_e ratio

×1.00

Sterile

Hyper-fecund

0×0.25×0.5×1× (ours)2×3×+

Adjust axes and fixed constants. The gold cross marks our universe (ratio = 1.0 on both axes).

References

Smolin, L. (1997). The Life of the Cosmos. Oxford University Press. (CNS fitness landscape concept.) Vidal, C. (2014). The Beginning and the End. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05062-1 (Cosmological Artificial Selection; hyperfecundity question.) Vidal, C. (2008). "The Future of Scientific Simulations: From Artificial Life to Artificial Cosmogenesis." arXiv:0803.1087