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Old 26-March-2008, 08:14 PM
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I think the reasoning goes like this:

In an infinite universe, everything that can happen, will happen, infinitely.

But then what do you do with the idea that there are an infinite number of things that could happen? How does that fit in an infinite universe? Each of those Frasers and Pamelas could just as likely be infinitely variable (a freckle here, a fingerprint there) so they're not really our Fraser and Pamela? Like you said.

I can't help but feeling the idea of infinity is bogus - for maths, sure; but for reality? I'm not buyin' it.

But if not infinity, what else instead? If finite, what about other dimensions?



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