Library of Babel
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Very interesting!
Makes me wonder about the implications of an infinite universe. If that universe is build with a finite kind of particles (like letters), which can be ordered in a finite amount of variations (like words and sentences), that would imply there are infinite solar systems that look exactly like ours, with infinite planets that look exactly like earth, with infinite exact copies of you doing exactly what you're doing now.
Not only that, but also infinite versions of you doing every possible variation, an infinite time. A version of me not typing this comment, a version of me making a spelling error in the first sentence... Every possible way your life could be actually happened, is happening and will continue to happen in an endless stream.
Makes my head spin.
- Back when I took acid I ended up one time in this mental loop with "Anything that can be, is" repeating over and over, in my head for about 12 hours.detritus
- Ah! However, even with all those variations, the multiverse is still finite. It's massively unbelievably huge, but still finite!********
- Profound(ly irritating).
:)detritus - I had to stop taking acid because I'd more often than not lose myself in the horror of infinity. Thinking about it now still puts a knot in my gut..detritus
- Now though I'm not so convinced by the infinite worlds theory - given how the rest of Nature appears to work, it feels like an inelegant, inefficient cludge.detritus
- Infinite worlds/dimensions vs. Infinite space, I mean. Infinite space seems quite probable.detritus