The Infinite Monkeys Theory
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The first thing the Guide has to say about parallel universes is that they are not parallel. They are not parallel for the same reason that the sea is not parallel: it doesn't mean anything. The second thing the Guide has to say about parallel universes is that they are not, strictly speaking, universes either.Tharwen said:
(Typed from memory. Any errors are therefore your own problem.)
Actually that leads to an interesting question (for some value of interesting)... would it be possible for an alternate universe to have a different answer to the sum of, say, 2+2? In this universe it's 4, last time I checked. But what would it mean for some other universe to have 2+2=5?Skorpyo said:
A universe where everyone is required by law to stuff cheesesteaks down their pants and shout internet memes all day long.
you see, thats a law that no-one could enforce because if you stopped doing it, the police wouldnt be able to arrest you because their pants would be full of cheesecakesubject_87 said:
nothing wrong with a bit of silliness every now and again, no matter how smart you areAhlycks said:
how about a universe where the spaghetti monster is real? wow, that'd be ironicrabidmidget said:
About that infinite monkeys thing. I think I read somewhere that a monkey with a typewriter and an infinite amount of time, will never write the complete works of Shakespeare, due to behavioral patterns. If you had a random-button-pressing machine assigned to the typewriter, it would, given an infinite amount of time, eventually have typed the complete works of Shakespeare. But not with a monkey. (Although, I suppose, in this thought experiment, the monkey is supposed to be a random-button-pressing machine.)interspark said:
I also have some trouble imagining the three-eyed hippy thing could exist; but that one can't be disproved.
Edit: There is a universe where I am watching you. Right now.
You had to make this paradoxical didnt you. Now my head hurts... a lot...Aby_Z said:
OT: A univserse in which i am the emperor of man. I rule with an iron fist and my power is total. I like the sound of this universe.
there is a universe where everyone wears shirts as pants, socks as gloves, hats as shoes, and always goes around with 3 helium balloons tied to their waists.