poly: Can the Universe create itself?

I've just skimmed this article.

J. Richard Gott, Li-Xin Li, "Can the Universe create itself?"
Phys. Rev. D 58, 15 July 1998
http://publish.aps.org/ejnls/prdfetch/abstract/PRD/V58/E023501/

It seems one may be able to explain both the origin of the universe
*and* the arrow of time by just identifying the earliest inflationary
period with some later inflationary period. Remarkable if true.

Robin Hanson
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Received on Mon Jun 29 21:15:28 1998