Cosmogenesis and Collapse

Abstract

Some possible benefits of dynamical collapse for a quantum theory of cosmogenesis are discussed. These are a possible long wait before creation begins, creation of energy and space, and choice of a particular universe out of a superposition.Comment: For a festschrift in Foundations of Physics in honor of Daniel Greenberger and Helmut Rauch in Foundations of Physics. This updates the previous version by adding an appendix (Appendix B) which contains the exact solution of a partial differential equation of importance in the pape