# Our Big Bang May Be One of Many by Martin Rees > “It now seems an attractive idea that our Big Bang is just one of many: just as our Earth is a planet that happens to have the right conditions for life among the many planets that exist, so our universe, and our Big Bang, is the one out of many which happens to allow life to emerge, to allow complexity.” > **— Martin Rees**, *In the Matrix, Edge, 2003* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [In the Matrix](https://edge.org/conversation/martin_rees-in-the-matrix) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Ramanujan Mathematical Universe|The Ramanujan Mathematical Universe]] - **Article:** [[articles/Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences|Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Cosmology|Cosmology]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Big Bang|Big Bang]] - [[wiki/Cosmic Evolution|Cosmic Evolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “It now seems an attractive idea that our Big Bang is just one of many: just as our Earth is a planet that happens to have the right conditions for life among the many planets that exist, so our universe, and our Big Bang, is the one out of many which happens to allow life to emerge, to allow complexity.” — Martin Rees, In the Matrix, Edge, 2003 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-big-bang-one-many ```