Origin of universes with different properties

Abstract

The concept of a random Lagrangian is proposed. It is considered as a basis for a new view of the old problems such as renormalization, nonzero vacuum energy and the anthropic principle. It gives rise to nontrivial consequences both in cosmology and in particle physics. It is shown that some of them could be checked in the nearest future. Scalar-tensor models of gravity are a direct and necessary consequence of this approach.