The design of the universe

24 11 2008

Astonishing presentation by Nobel-winning astrophysicist, George Smoot, demonstating the massive-scale ordered pattern of the universe.  He shows absolutely beautiful representations of how all the hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe are distributed in neuron-like filaments and dense “walls” separated by vast empty voids.   How did these mega-patterns arise?  Why are they designed in this way?

(higher quality version here:  TED Talks)

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