Poll: Is Anything Possible?

[xXAsherahXx]

To my knowledge, I currently do not possess the ability to float on air. Maybe in an alternate universe I will. However, in this one I sadly cannot. So with regards to this current membrane, the ability to float is not currently available for me.

 

[mechanixis]

Given all those factors, it is impossible to imagine the unimaginable or think the unthinkable.

Ba-BOOSH.

 

[Ryank1908]

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

This is a silly thread with silly logic and some silly people far too eager to entertain it.

Also, you cannot prove that something is impossible. If it is really impossible you will have no knowledge of it, or it will be physically impossible to demonstrate the ramifications of said impossibility actually occurring.

 

[googleboy]

The laws of physics dictate an infinite number of universes. Logic therefore dictates an infinite number of possibilities. In one of those, anything must be possible. Thus, anything must be possible.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I Don't Exist. Simple fact of the Universe. But it's possible for me to exist, and so, quantumly, I do. And, since I existed quantumly, once I was observed, I became.

 

[Velvo]

The existence of nothing is an imaginable circumstance. There is something, thus there cannot be nothing. Thus, not everything is possible.

 

[Velvo]

I Don't Exist. Simple fact of the Universe. But it's possible for me to exist, and so, quantumly, I do. And, since I existed quantumly, once I was observed, I became.

What made it possible for you to exist? What made existence? Is that a silly question? Did it ever begin? What observed you? Circular logic simply moves the problem, it does not solve it.

 

[Velvo]

The laws of physics dictate an infinite number of universes. Logic therefore dictates an infinite number of possibilities. In one of those, anything must be possible. Thus, anything must be possible.

Well, physics doesn't necessarily dictate infinite universes, though it does mildly imply a "multiverse" made of many connected universes that perhaps have always existed, spawning off of each other from singularities, or similar entities in whatever laws of physics might exist in other universes.

Is it possible, in another universe, for that universe to never have existed? Is it possible for this universe to never have existed? Is it possible that existence itself never to have existed? I dunno.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I Don't Exist. Simple fact of the Universe. But it's possible for me to exist, and so, quantumly, I do. And, since I existed quantumly, once I was observed, I became.

What made it possible for you to exist? What made existence? Is that a silly question? Did it ever begin? What observed you? Circular logic simply moves the problem, it does not solve it.

The possibility of existence of a defined form means it can exist. It's similar to showing an animal a mirror--the animal might exist (for sake of argument, it does), and to it, it's twin in the mirror also exists, but only when it is in front of the mirror. Therefore, when the animal is looking in the mirror (an idea observing itself, in metaphorical terms), both the dog and it's reflection exist. In this case, I was observed by my peers, colleagues, parents, random passersby, and my Bill collectors. By their adamant belief in my existence (made apparent by their acknowledging my presence as the formative bits of existence), I exist.

 

[Corax_1990]

In the words of LICD, with there being almost infinate stars and planets and dimensions, it makes me happy inside to know that somewhere, Jesus is Batman.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

There are many things that can'e happen by definition, like having a 13 inch foot, or a circle with 4 corners.

The former can happen if we change the definition of a foot(when I am king of everything I will do it to scare the triscadecaphobians). The latter is logically inconsistent so you are right.

Sorry, but you can also change the definition of a circle. When I will be king of geometry I will propose and succeed in swapping the definitions of circle and square. But lets not cheat, so if no changes of circle definition, no changes of foot definition either.

I dare anyone to disprove ANYTHING, if you factor in magic, other planets, and alternate dimensions. My logic is that we can't prove that something definitely doesn't exist/ happen somewhere out there. That is the one thing that is impossible. But by all means, try to disprove something to me.
P.S. anyone trying to disprove something visual I?m sick of repeating my self so here goes, maybe x is happening, you just don't realize it.

You failed to say, if there are deities, in that case anything is possible, should they grant us.

There are many things that can'e happen by definition, like having a 13 inch foot, or a circle with 4 corners.

The former can happen if we change the definition of a foot(when I am king of everything I will do it to scare the triscadecaphobians).

We will not even have to change definition. Because lenght is relative. A 13 inch foot exists, as long as the observers are moving at sufficients speeds relative to eachother.

What does speed have to do with lenght in this case?! Relativity is an ilusion and leads to measurement errors of time and space, but the real/absolute time and space keep the same. But the position (or its variation, or both) of the observers distorts their reading of reality. And because light or any other kind of physical information output don't travel instantly from point A to any other giving point, neither are we standing still in the universe, our reality, including our measurements, are always distorted.
So what you meant is that an object or absolute space interval with 12 inches (1 foot) length can be "correctly" measured 13 inches if the observer is moving at an "appropriate" speed, from a given starting point and in the "right" direction. But then the measurement would be 1 foot and 1 inch.

 

[havass]

Sure. Go give birth to a camel out of your ear.

 

[Zayren]

Pfft, we don't even need alternate dimensions.

According to the string theory, anything is possible. Just not probable. It's possible you could turn into a bat, go through a wall, then explode. Just not probable.

 

[Redingold]

36 for, 36 against. Wow.

Personally, I think anything is possible.

Since the universe is infinite, everything that has ever been thought must exist somewhere. Provided that the universe actually *is* infinite, which is yet to be proven.

Wrong. There is not, for instance, a purple hippopotamus in my bedroom at this point. It is imaginable, but it is not happening. By specifying where and when things happen (my bedroom, right now), you can put limits on things.

Maybe there IS a purple hippopotamus in your room, you just don't realize it.

Then I shall also specify that I have to realise that it is there.

Yep, I am definitely not realising that there is a purple hippo in my room right now.

 

[crudus]

There are many things that can'e happen by definition, like having a 13 inch foot, or a circle with 4 corners.

The former can happen if we change the definition of a foot(when I am king of everything I will do it to scare the triscadecaphobians). The latter is logically inconsistent so you are right.

Sorry, but you can also change the definition of a circle. When I will be king of geometry I will propose and succeed in swapping the definitions of circle and square. But lets not cheat, so if no changes of circle definition, no changes of foot definition either.

While you could change the definition of a circle you don't change what it is intrinsically. An inch, meter, and foot are all arbitrarily chosen (the meter being quite accurate for what they were shooting for). Nothing says a foot has to be this long. Unfortunately, language is getting in the way to what I want to explain. A circle is always a circle even if you change its name or definition. It is always an equal distance from a point on a 2-dimensional plane. If you call it a square, change the definition, whatever. It will still be what it is intrinsically. "A rose by any other name will still smell just as sweet"(William Shakespeare) to put it elegantly. You can change the name but the concept still exists.

 

[blindraven]

Anything is possible...ok!

This thread does not exist and has never happened and never will happen... have I won?

ok ok, less smartass answer. I am omniscient.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

The inability to disprove something does not make it fact. As much as I dislike this fad, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a good example of this. It's possible, but highly unlikely. Pontification about it is largely pointless.

Note: I am not knocking religious study. I am just pointing out that the query the OP is asking us really has no reason for me to care about it. Is just about anything possible, at least on a remote level? Maybe. So What?

As for Pastafarians, while I appreciate the original joke, it's become far too overblown now. You guys are practically as zealous as the people you oppose, and I'm not talking about your "belief" in The Flying Spaghetti Monster.

 

[Omikron009]

Remember kiddies, nothing is true. Everything is permitted.

 

[Blackdoom]

If everything was possible would that mean it would be impossible for something to be impossible?

 

[Zacharine]

What does speed have to do with lenght in this case?! Relativity is an ilusion and leads to measurement errors of time and space, but the real/absolute time and space keep the same.

But as Einstein showed, space and time are not absolute. Only the speed of light is. Before Einstein came, we collectively believed that time is absolute and Einstein made a mockery of it.

Is just that because the position of the observers distorts their reading of reality.

But since all speeds are relative to eachother, who can say what the objective reality is? I measure something, someone else moving at .4c measures something else, who would arbitate as to which one of us is wrong or right?

No-one, because as long as we made our measurements stringently, we are both right.

You speak of time and space as objective absolutes.

Time and space as measured by you, or as measured by the person who doesn't move at 107 000 km/h in relation to the sun.

And because light doesn't travel instantly from point A to any other giving point, neither are we standing still in the universe, our reality, including our measurements, are always distorted.

And because of this, how can we say a foot is 12 inches and never ever anything else?