En surfant sur uncommon descent, je suis tombé sur un abstract d’article hallucinant :

ABSTRACT: We argue that the cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides a stupendous opportunity for the Creator of our universe (assuming one exists) to have sent a message to its occupants, using known physics. Our work does not support the Intelligent Design movement in any way whatsoever but asks, and attempts to answer, the entirely scientific question of what the medium and message might be IF there was actually a message. The medium for the message is unique. We elaborate on this observation, noting that it requires only careful adjustment of the fundamental Lagrangian, but no direct intervention in the subsequent evolution of the universe.

Evidemment, l’article est une demi-blague. Il contient des passages cocasses (je recommande vivement la première colonne) :

That the universe was started by superior Beings is not only the province of religious thoughts from the earliest days of the human race, but has also been a staple of science fiction. In one of our favorite scenarios, our universe is a school-assigned science experiment carried out by a high school student in a meta-universe. Perhaps he or she or it even started an assortment of universes like ant farms and stashed them away somewhere in the basement, out of his or her or its parent’s way. Perhaps by now he has lost interest and forgotten about the universes, leaving some to expand, others to collapse, in complete futility and silence. But, perhaps not without leaving a message for the occupants…

Le pire, c’est que Dembski s’insurge du fait que les physiciens aient dû rajouter la phrase sur l’intelligent design, sous l’odieuse pression des méchants éditeurs !!

Sinon, pour ceux que ça intéresse, voici le message du créateur :

The next question is what might the message be. We thought of various possibilities and decided that the best choice would be the following. We now know, and we suppose that any civilization advanced enough to detect Cl in the comic microwave background would also know, that three of the four fundamental interactions are governed by gauge theories, based on the Lie algebras U(1) C SU(2) C SU(3) C SU(5) C SO(10) C E(6) (Nd Tom Roud : j’ai mis des “C” pour les inclusions). Thus we suggest that the coded message would simply be an announcement along the line “Hey guys, the universe is governed by gauge theories, and the relevant algebras are such and such.”

Référence :

http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510102

Title: Message in the Sky
Authors: S. Hsu and A. Zee