Poll: Is Anything Possible?

[Shynobee]

Ok, in exactly 5 seconds after me finishing this post, I want 5 million dollars to pop out of my computer screen and onto my lap. Ready.... go!

 

[F-I-D-O]

Breaking the laws of physics.

Different dimensions man.

Even different dimensions have laws of physics that can't be broken. They are different laws but laws nonetheless.

But if our laws can be broken there, then who's to say theirs can't be broken some where else, plus there is (possibly) an infinite number of dimensions, therefore, an infinite number of dimensions to break each others rules.

Ok, say I, a good looking 20-something, go to live in Illinois where the age of consent is 17. I just can't wait to do the horizontal monster mash with my sexy 16-year-old girlfriend. So we go to Indiana(age of consent there is 16). We rent a nice hotel room and do the deed there. We didn't break any laws by Indiana's standards nor Illinois' because their laws do not pertain to what happens in Indiana. The same thing goes when cross dimensions. You still stay within the confines of the laws of physics; the laws of physics are just different.

Very...disturbing...comparison.

OT: Some things are impossible such as circles with four corners, my computer running Crysis, and DRM working out.
(you references OP from now on)
Even in other dimensions there are laws which CANNOT be broken, hence there are impossible things. And since there is more than likely one such law that binds the dimensions together that all of them follow. This law likely cannot be broken, and since you cannot prove such a law does NOT exist (another impossibility-proving something doesn't exist) you cannot make a rebuttal.

 

[Shynobee]

1...2...3...4...5... TIMES UP!

Nope, no money.

So, I believe money flying out of my computer with in an alotted time falls under the category of "anything."

Thus, anything is not possible.

 

[F-I-D-O]

1...2...3...4...5... TIMES UP!

Nope, no money.

So, I believe money flying out of my computer with in an alotted time falls under the category of "anything."

Thus, anything is not possible.

Money popped out of mine, does that count?
EDIT: Damn, forgot to take off those 3D glasses.
EDIT2: Hey, its real! I'm going to go buy a computer than can run Crysis!
(a trip to best buy later)
Now to see it work!
(One install later)
Never mind, running Crysis is impossible.

 

[Shynobee]

1...2...3...4...5... TIMES UP!

Nope, no money.

So, I believe money flying out of my computer with in an alotted time falls under the category of "anything."

Thus, anything is not possible.

Money popped out of mine, does that count?

No, i specified my computer.

On a side note, YOU LUCKY BASTARD!

 

[righthead]

Lewis Carroll presented a similar argument in the other direction in through the looking glass (I think, I never read the book, just saw the quote.) by the mock turtle.

It is actually quite easy to disprove something, as long as that something is everything. Say, everything is made of pineapples. With everything taken into account as is originally presented, there is bound to be a situation where this is not the case.

Alternatively, the opposite could be presented. That everything is made of not pineapple. if the other is proven to be true then this must be false.

However if you take the position that neither position denies the other then you're basically taking the mock turtle's position: That the verification of a premise does not necessarily indicate any conclusion no matter how directly it follows from said premise.

 

[spinFX]

This thread was over as soon as someone mentioned that a 3 sided square cannot exist therefore not anything is possible.

 

[righthead]

This thread was over as soon as someone mentioned that a 3 sided square cannot exist therefore not anything is possible.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

 

[righthead]

This thread was over as soon as someone mentioned that a 3 sided square cannot exist therefore not anything is possible.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

whoa, I guess I disproved that this thread was over.

 

[crudus]

Not sure if the latter is possible, because even if they had a third party, several different countries of the world are opposed/hostile to completely different ones, so it's like a bunch of red, aggressive strings on a small globe not all leading to the same place. Also, aliens haven't been proven just yet so I can't accept that they are logically viable for this sort of thing, though if Watchmen has taught us anything that approach "might" work.

Still, I don't feel convinced that world peace is attainable with free will.

Ok, attacking the "countries of the world are opposed/hostile to completely different ones", the same was true for black and whites back in the civil war. White people thought blacks lack courage to fight. This was proven wrong at the battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana on May 27, 1863. About a year later black soldiers were getting paid as well as white soldiers at least this is true for the union. However, by the end of the war the south was offering slaves their freedom for fighting and surviving. Now I am not saying people can forget 1000s of years of hatred long enough to shoot an alien but if the south is willing to free slaves then it could happen.

Also, remember that we have free rein of which universe we are in. So aliens attacking is possible.

 

[spartan231490]

it is often said, even in scientific circles, that it is impossible to prove a negative. And that is exactly what it means, you can't prove that something doesnt ever happen somewhere, you can only prove that it is unlikely.

Prove it

Idiots, proving my point since 1995.
that was a joke, i dont think your an idiot.

Just for the record i agree with you. But i also believe it is impossible to prove everything is possible (other than trivial solutions).

I also think this thread is quite pointless.

I thought you prolly agreed with me because of the , lol. and you are correct, it is beyond our current abilities to prove that everything is possible, we would need to be able to cross dimensions, not to mention guarentee that we completely understood physics. and of course the thread is pointless, it's online discussion. all joking aside, its nothing more than an interesting philisophical question, not really useful for anything, other than killing some time.

 

[righthead]

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prove it

 

[thom_cat_]

It's impossible for me to eat my own brain and survive without outside help.
And in another dimension that might exist?
We have no clue, therefore anything is possible. Stupid question if you include other dimensions that we don't know how things work in. or even if they exist.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

For all I know in an alternate universe I'm a totally corruptible politician who is obsessed with the idea of joining Spain and Canada together... And I have multiple mistresses... You know what, scrap the politics; in an alternate dimension I'm a pimp.

And seeing as we know less than 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of the universe... Well, you got to figure something is happening out there that can't explained with our Earthly concepts of science.

 

[lykopis783]

I am not a duck or even possibly a duck. My genetics prove I am not. And there is no other me, alternate dimensions would be alternate me's, therefore not me. So I can not in any way be a duck. There I proved something is impossible.

 

[crudus]

Very...disturbing...comparison.

OT: Some things are impossible such as circles with four corners, my computer running Crysis, and DRM working out.
(you references OP from now on)
Even in other dimensions there are laws which CANNOT be broken, hence there are impossible things. And since there is more than likely one such law that binds the dimensions together that all of them follow. This law likely cannot be broken, and since you cannot prove such a law does NOT exist (another impossibility-proving something doesn't exist) you cannot make a rebuttal.

That isn't how logic works. That was also a logical fallacy, sadly I don't have them all memorized yet. Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack which means you can't say "there isn't evidence to disprove it therefore it is true". Granted you do not make that claim exactly but you do claim that all my arguments are invalid. Most of all saying "there isn't evidence to disprove it" doesn't say anything; it is a weightless statement. You need evidence to back things up, not lack of disproving evidence.

Stupid question if you include other dimensions that we don't know how things work in. or even if they exist.

Assuming each universe is different and assuming there are infinitely many of them it is possible. Which is why you attack something that only exists in this universe or use something that is logically inconsistent with itself.

 

[Blackvegie]

Unless current ideas of theoretical physics are lies then yes.

 

[superbatranger]

Tieing your shoelace while being kicked in the crotch by optimus prime. Impossible you say?

Who should we get to test that one out?

 

[escapistraptor]

I used to say no, but now that I have a BS degree and am an official scientist, I'd have to say that yes, technically, anything could happen. The margin of certain things happening are just next to impossibly small

 

[FoolKiller]

It's impossible for me to think that I am not wasting time on this thread.