(September 15, 2015 at 8:37 pm)Napoléon Wrote:(September 14, 2015 at 11:48 pm)Chuck Wrote: Now let's say our whole universe is truly infinite even while the part observable to us is not, and the laws of physics is not unique to specific regions of the universe. Then somewhere in the infinite whole universe everything which is possible anywhere would not only occur somewhere, but occur an infinite number of times, spread throughout the infinite universe.
I've never understood this logic.
How does it follow that just because something is infinite, that a certain scenario must play out? That all possibilities must occur?
If a monkey is typing randomly on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time it is said he will eventually at some point write out the entire works of Shakespeare, in perfect order.
Why? Because it will go on for infinity? Well then surely you could apply the logic that infinite time must pass before it ever happens too, and therefore it will never happen because an infinite amount of time must pass before it does. How do you divide infinity? What is half of infinity?
Neither do I. I don't think anything like this is at all likely. This logic assumes that there is no inevitable structure to such things. I don't believe what is possible in other big bang events is random. Neither do I think every conceivable permutation must obtain.
