Poll: Everything Exists.

[Sethzard]

Space in our universe isn't infinite. But I'm sure that anything is possible in some parallel universe if they exist, other than an omnipotent being as it would have to be possible for it not to exist in one universe and therefore wouldn't be omnipotent.

 

[chadachada123]

Everything is possible, so long as it obeys the laws of physics.

However, because of quantum mechanics, it is possible to obey the laws of physics and still spontaneously pop into existence, the odds are simply near-infinitesimally-small.

 

[chadachada123]

Actually you only need one monkey and one typewriter...
Infinity of both would mean instant creation of the library, or creating it in the shortest amount of time that it can be typed.
However, I guess everything is 'possible'. In any case, even if everything is "possible", it doesn't mean everything exists. Also, the size of the universe is not known, and could actually be infinite, just sayin'.

Our universe has a particular size, or at least, is finite. It is possible that other "universes" (if our universe is simply a false-vacuum) exist, but ours would never intersect them. Ever.

Depending on your view on the end fate of the universe, however, the vacuum energy in our universe could eventually create a singularity, in the form of another Big Bang.

Metaphysics, meh.

The universe is (almost definitely) not infinite, just freaking huge.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

I used to think this when I was little.

Like if you go far enough you'll find Super Saiyans.

 

[Jun_Jun]

Nothing is impossible, it's just not very likely.
For example Half-Life 3 being released in our lifetime.

 

[Indeterminacy]

If it's not possible, it's not a thing. Therefore, every thing is possible.

 

[hiks89]

if you had infinite monkeys with infinite keyboards, they would all need to first read and memorise every work of fiction, as well as learn proper use of a keyboard, computer and the word processor of your choice. you'd also have to teach them proper grammar and syntax, as well as to read. given the commonality of grammatical and spelling mistakes by humans, this would be a near impossible task, as monkey childhood is too short to develop a brain close to ours, and reading a lot of texts, tweets and forum posts you can see that not every human can do that. not to mention the cost of not only the keyboards, but towers, mice and monitors and power. if you use the original typewriter (the phrase is basically 1000 monkeys+1000 typewriters=complete works of Shakespeare) then you need paper and ink, not to mention maintenance because typewriters are shit. plus, if Shakespeare alone requires 1000 monkeys, then think about all the other playwrights, and film adaptations, shorthand versions, Cliff notes and technically school notebooks and essays. you'd need infinite space to store all this, and a beast of a cooling system. monkeys would also fall victim to primal urges and nature, so you'd need cleaners to get rid of infinite amounts of monkey-shit and keep the babies out of there. then of course PETA would picket you for this.
So we come to the conclusion: why not let the machines do it.

if you had an infinite number of monkeys and keyboards you wouldnt have to teach them anything. thats the point

 

[randomsix]

Space is infinite, therefore everything you can think of is out their somewhere.

It like the infinate amount of monkeys typing on an infinate amount of keyboards will at some point get you a complete library of all the books ever written.

Do you agree with this?

Were you at my physics talk last thursday?

OT: No, there are some things that cannot exist given infinite contiguous space given our current laws of physics. For example, a four sided Euclidean triangle cannot exist, along with other contradictory things.

But stuff other than that, such as all conceivable matter configurations, are not only possible but required.

Actually you only need one monkey and one typewriter...
Infinity of both would mean instant creation of the library, or creating it in the shortest amount of time that it can be typed.
However, I guess everything is 'possible'. In any case, even if everything is "possible", it doesn't mean everything exists. Also, the size of the universe is not known, and could actually be infinite, just sayin'.

Our universe has a particular size, or at least, is finite. It is possible that other "universes" (if our universe is simply a false-vacuum) exist, but ours would never intersect them. Ever.

Depending on your view on the end fate of the universe, however, the vacuum energy in our universe could eventually create a singularity, in the form of another Big Bang.

Metaphysics, meh.

The universe is (almost definitely) not infinite, just freaking huge.

According to the most widely accepted understanding of our universe (not the visible universe, but including what it is "expanding" into) both matter and space are infinite.

 

[cdstephens]

Space is infinite, therefore everything you can think of is out their somewhere.

It like the infinate amount of monkeys typing on an infinate amount of keyboards will at some point get you a complete library of all the books ever written.

Do you agree with this?

Anything is possible as long as it agrees with physical laws described by general and special relativity and quantum mechanics, especially considering quantum mechanics says that things like phasing through your wall is theoretically possible.

Also, space isn't infinite, otherwise it wouldn't be expanding.

Just because it's possible doesn't mean it'll happen. It's entirely possible that the entire Earth will randomly disassemble into its elementary bits, but it's not going to happen.

 

[Kargathia]

When they actually hooked up a bunch of monkeys with keyboards the monkeys mainly busied themselves with two things: throwing poo, and smashing keyboards.

Just sayin'...

 

[GodofCider]

Everything is possible, not everything is plausible.

A perfect response to an inadequate question.

 

[cdstephens]

Space is infinite, therefore everything you can think of is out their somewhere.

It like the infinate amount of monkeys typing on an infinate amount of keyboards will at some point get you a complete library of all the books ever written.

Do you agree with this?

Were you at my physics talk last thursday?

OT: No, there are some things that cannot exist given infinite contiguous space given our current laws of physics. For example, a four sided Euclidean triangle cannot exist, along with other contradictory things.

But stuff other than that, such as all conceivable matter configurations, are not only possible but required.

Actually you only need one monkey and one typewriter...
Infinity of both would mean instant creation of the library, or creating it in the shortest amount of time that it can be typed.
However, I guess everything is 'possible'. In any case, even if everything is "possible", it doesn't mean everything exists. Also, the size of the universe is not known, and could actually be infinite, just sayin'.

Our universe has a particular size, or at least, is finite. It is possible that other "universes" (if our universe is simply a false-vacuum) exist, but ours would never intersect them. Ever.

Depending on your view on the end fate of the universe, however, the vacuum energy in our universe could eventually create a singularity, in the form of another Big Bang.

Metaphysics, meh.

The universe is (almost definitely) not infinite, just freaking huge.

According to the most widely accepted understanding of our universe (not the visible universe, but including what it is "expanding" into) both matter and space are infinite.

Something that's infinite can't expand. The universe has a theoretical size, and many credible theorists hold the belief that the universe could be finite and unbounded. For an example, the Earth itself is finite, but on the surface it is unbounded as everything is connected.

I was going to make arguments about how infinite matter meant infinite gravity, but realized that wouldn't make too much sense considering that a gravitational field travels at the speed of light.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Regardless of whether Space is infinite and everything exists in space, there are still multiple dimensions that each had different paths and outcomes and what not: So yes, everything is possible.

 

[cdstephens]

Regardless of whether Space is infinite and everything exists in space, there are still multiple dimensions that each had different paths and outcomes and what not: So yes, everything is possible.

Not necessarily. The Many Worlds Theory is an interpretation of quantum mechanics but it isn't necessarily true, mainly because we can't go into these other universes and prove that they exist.

 

[jawakiller]

Flawed. You're assuming matter directly correlates to time and space.

Now bacon, there's something with virtually limitless possibilities...

Besides, "infinite" is a term that most accredited scientists are hesitant to use due the complex nature of the concept. And as far as different dimensions go... That's what philosophy class is for.

 

[Zakarath]

Everything is real somewhere, if multiverse theory is correct. I'm still hoping that there's a planet with dragons somewhere in this universe, though.

 

[kevinsux909]

I would like to state (I have probably been ninja'd, btw) that if anything is possible, then it is possible for something to be impossible
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right?

 

[pppppppppppppppppp]

Can you divide by zero? Hmmmmmmmmmmm?

That's what I thought...

 

[stinkyrobot]

Why is the poll question different then the on in the title?

 

[DRTJR]

every possibility that could have happened has done so and every thing that is possible will come to fruition, not all in the same reality but still everything has, will , and is.