In an infinite Universe: Everything is possible

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  1. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    [video=youtube;GdBoD84uTzc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdBoD84uTzc&feature=player_embedded#![/video]
    At the 1:30:00 mark, Ian Xel quotes

    I like that statement. It applies to the creationists and athiest thinking. To the athiest; they can use this statement because anything is probable because the universe is infinite. To the creationist, they can say that God is infinite, therefor the magic others claim on creation is possible.
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Shit can you move this Sly?
     
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    To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.

    William Blake
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    That's deep!!!!!
     
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    i don't like the way you are taking it out of context. infinite time or infinite trials do not magically make the impossible possible. all you can infer is given infinite time/trials whatever is possible will occur.

    not true either. in an infinite universe viewed as a whole there is no such thing as probability. whatever is possible will happen infinite times. whatever is impossible will happen zero times. probability is only meaningful if you look at finite sections/durations of the universe or relational frequencies between different (not impossible) events.


    this is a gobbledygooky misuse of the above concept.

    the creationist can say god exists. obviously if god exists he is infinite by definition, and creation is possible by definition and nothing more needs to be said.
     
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    Like, say, an afterlife?
     
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    Proof of an infinite universe.
     
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    "Anything's Possible!"

    Kevin Garnett, who was too dumb to remember that he was supposed to be saying "Impossible is Nothing!"
     
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    Who are you calling s*** and why do you want to move Sly. Well, I get the obvious reasons...
     
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    Blake used to play for the Blazers, right?
     
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    no some dude blanky did though
     
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    Is it possible that anyone in the universe besides Magnifier would spend 2 hours to watch that video?
     
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    In an infinite universe, there are infinite identical and near-identical Magnifiers watching that video.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    I think he just means that both sides of that argument can interpret it to their own view.
     
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