Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Probability of the universe


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was delete.  Rob e  rt  T 21:27, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Probability of the universe
Original research; also factually unsound Jheald 21:50, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Delete. In more detail: it is false that statistical mechanics can only be applied to deterministic systems: it is routinely applied to stochastic systems, for example Brownian motion, Markov processes, Wiener processes, money-market fluctuations, etc. In the form of quantum statistical mechanics, it is also routinely applied to quantum mechanical probabilities. The article also claims that statistical mechanics takes no interest in the probability of individual microstates. This is also false: pretty much every statistical mechancal calculation is an expectation value, calculated by considering the probabilities pi of each microstate.

These are the two key assertions the article is based on: both are false. Furthermore, the article appears to be entirely original research. The only reference provided is to an open 'speak your brain' forum. Jheald 22:02, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Jtmichcock 02:04, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete OR -  Dalbury ( Talk )  02:45, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * delete. Utter nonsense, and OR to boot  Robinh 12:48, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Oddly titled, incoherent, unreferenced original research. Jok2000 16:07, 22 November 2005 (UTC)


 * keep. It states it is speculative, and belongs as much as any other speculative. Links should be removed. tolman 12:52, 22 November 2005 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.244.209.240 (talk • contribs) - originally had fake sig for Jsmiley, no such user, changed to fake sig for User:toman, nickname tolman, no such users. Majority of previous edits for 64.244.209.240 were in Probability of the universe


 * keep. The theory is scientific, it includes examples and maths. There are many other speculative theories. It uses scientific induction and deduction. It needs a lot of editing but could become a proper article. Guille (This is Guille's first edit.)
 * Delete. Fails to cite sources, raising the OR spectre. BD2412  T 19:42, 22 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete. This is nonsense. --YVelenik 13:15, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unsourced original research and crackpottery. MCB 19:38, 26 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.