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Many-Worlds and String Theory

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-17 0:21

First Postulate: Given an infinite amount of time, the chances of any event A happening approaches 1.
Postulate 2: An infinite amount of universes can substitute for "time" in post. 1.

If there are unrestricted parallel universe, then shouldn't there be a universe in which someone comes here and kills me before I finish this? What if event A is the formation of a being that is capable and willing to do so? Many-Worlds says we cant interact with other universes (quantum suicide) but string theory lets gravity influence parallel universes, and if nothing else see post. 1.

either my postulates are wrong, the 2 theories are wrong, or there are a finite number of parallel worlds, like in The One

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-19 2:11

2 here.

>>4
Thank you for proving my point exactly. You are a perfect example of "too much wishful thinking, not enough rational thought."

Until the technology arrives (see: LHC), thought experiments are all we can go on.
And what, exactly, has come of them? Nothing. Nothing but more conjecture. Less than nothing, actually, because it has diverted precious resources into completely unproductive drivel. It's simply not how Science is done. Facts come first, then observations about those facts, then hypotheses to explain those observations, then experiments to try to falsify those hypotheses. Starting with a pseudo-hypothesis only leads to biased and fallacious results.

They are valid insofar as they can find illogical implications of ideas on what subquantum behavior means
They are not "valid" in any sense. No evidence, no argument. Period. It is nothing more than "philosophical masturbation" and should not be given any real amount of time. Starting from a fallacious premise does not help to illustrate any argument. (Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you've said?)

no one says they are anything more than that.
You, apparently, have been living under a rock.

A poll in 1995 showed that nearly 60% of 72 of the leading "cosmologists and quantum field theorists" considered the Many Worlds Interpretation as true. String "Theory" has only gained in popularity over the last couple decades.

And the with infinite time, probability becomes counter-intuitive, not retarded.

When the OP said...
Given an infinite amount of time, the chances of any event A happening approaches 1.
...he was wrong, which the OP would realize if he thought about it for a few seconds. I honestly don't remember if 3 was me or not (LOL alcohol), but I don't think I/he was implying that Probability itself became retarded....

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