On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 9:28:13 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 9/22/2019 8:20 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 5:43:13 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 9/22/2019 8:39 AM, Jason Resch wrote: >> > >> > This is a consequence also of eternal inflation, and Guth used almost >> > identical language saying everything that can happen happens an >> > infinite number of times. >> >> >> The problem is to figure out what CAN happen. There tends to be a >> casual assumption that it's anything that can be imagined or anything >> that is not a logical contradiction. The former is vague (can you >> imagine that Puerto Rico exists?). The second can't be applied because >> the world is not a set of propositions. "Everything" is ill defined. >> Quantum mechanics is often cited as proving that everything happens, but >> this is a misunderstanding. QM also predicts that some things have zero >> probability...that's why there are dark bands in a Young's slits >> experiment. >> >> Brent >> > > Tegmark claimed that everything that's mathematically possible, must occur. > Since the dark bands are NOT mathematically possible, > > > Of course they are mathematically possible. You just need to start with > the right axioms. Everything mathematically possible that is not self > contradictory (including a flat Earth and flying pigs). > > Brent >
I don't see dark bands as mathematically possible since these regions have 100% destructive interference. AG > > Tegmark's general > claim cannot apply. So we must address ourselves to what IS mathematically > possible, which could include flying pigs with properly modified DNA. I > don't > subscribe to the claim of many or infinite copies of anything. I've never > seen > a proof of that; only assertions. And Jason mistakes the claim if it comes > from > Tegmark. He did NOT claim that anything CONCEIVABLE must occur. AG > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c8315daf-c474-4601-9969-0f7724e65ffb%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c8315daf-c474-4601-9969-0f7724e65ffb%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2e76dd44-ce59-4b7a-9670-61e207204b86%40googlegroups.com.
