probability

In an infinite universe must even impossible events happen at least once?

By Rev Illuminatus Maximus / May 19, 2010 /

Found : In an infinite universe must even impossible events happen at least once? As for the OP, you'll want to read Many Worlds in One [2006] by Alex Vilenkin. Like frog march, Vilenkin posits that "if something has a non-zero chance of happening in a universe that is infinite and with infinite time, then…

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Is the Weak Anthropic Principle Compatible With Divine Design?

By Rev Illuminatus Maximus / April 8, 2010 /

Found : Is the Weak Anthropic Principle Compatible With Divine Design? The fundamental assumption behind the Anthropic philosopher’s reasoning in this regard seems to be something along the lines of 8. If the Universe contains an exhaustively random and infinite number of universes, then anything that can occur with non-vanishing probability will occur somewhere. But…

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