maybe in another universe you WEREN'T ninja'd!Aptspire said:I just meant that you posted what I was thinking before I did, which is referred to as being 'ninja'd'Averant said:Well, terribly sorry I didn't see the ninja at the timeAptspire said:
The Infinite Monkeys Theory
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There's a universe where you actually watch tv in Soviet Russia, it doesn't watch you.
There's a universe where every planet is inhabited by an army of immortal Chick Norris(es?). Except there's only one Chuck Norris in that universe, because he killed all the other ones.
There's a universe where puppies threw that girl into a river. [small]Too soon?[/small]
There's a universe where every planet is inhabited by an army of immortal Chick Norris(es?). Except there's only one Chuck Norris in that universe, because he killed all the other ones.
There's a universe where puppies threw that girl into a river. [small]Too soon?[/small]
A universe where said theory is impossible, thus making all other universes cease to exist.
A universe where bananas have take over the world, enslaving monkeys to do their bidding.
A universe where everything is the same, except everyone is named Dave, other than a single man named Tim. He is wanted for treason.
A universe where everything is orange, except for oranges which are blue.
A universe where we ARE NOW DIAMONDS.
A universe where bananas have take over the world, enslaving monkeys to do their bidding.
A universe where everything is the same, except everyone is named Dave, other than a single man named Tim. He is wanted for treason.
A universe where everything is orange, except for oranges which are blue.
A universe where we ARE NOW DIAMONDS.
A thought experiment:
Consider for a moment your own life to this point. The person you are was forged from a thousand experiences each of which was simply an event in the life of another. Your existence was the result of a race a hundred million strong. The lives of your parents, the odds of their meeting incalculably slim. Their own existence the result of the same. The basic construction of life itself was the result of the birth, life and death of an untold number of stellar bodies. The simple fact of your existence stands in defiance of all logic, the one in an unimaginably large number shot.
When the odds against one's being is so incredibly slim, I find that considering the improbable trivial. If I exist, then who am I to say that anything is unlikely?
Consider for a moment your own life to this point. The person you are was forged from a thousand experiences each of which was simply an event in the life of another. Your existence was the result of a race a hundred million strong. The lives of your parents, the odds of their meeting incalculably slim. Their own existence the result of the same. The basic construction of life itself was the result of the birth, life and death of an untold number of stellar bodies. The simple fact of your existence stands in defiance of all logic, the one in an unimaginably large number shot.
When the odds against one's being is so incredibly slim, I find that considering the improbable trivial. If I exist, then who am I to say that anything is unlikely?
Also, a second point. If one had infinite monkeys then they could conceivably do any task in precisely zero time. This is why the Shakespeare bit usually refers to a finite number of monkeys but an infinite span of time. The logic of such a thing is simple.
One has roughly a 1:128 chance of randomly selecting the first character of Shakespeare's first play. As one adds additional characters, the odds increase. Assuming there are n characters across the works of Shakespeare, the odds of randomly selecting characters (as if one were a monkey) that just happened to be a retelling of the works of the Immortal Bard are n^128. You'll find that this results in a very large number, but any number, no matter how large, is irrelevant in the face of infinity.
One has roughly a 1:128 chance of randomly selecting the first character of Shakespeare's first play. As one adds additional characters, the odds increase. Assuming there are n characters across the works of Shakespeare, the odds of randomly selecting characters (as if one were a monkey) that just happened to be a retelling of the works of the Immortal Bard are n^128. You'll find that this results in a very large number, but any number, no matter how large, is irrelevant in the face of infinity.
There's another universe where the only games that exist are the same first-person-shooter with just different titles and there are twice as many girls as there are boys but they still play hard-to-get. Glad I don't live there!
Don't you just love paradoxes.Aby_Z said:
OT:There is a universe with a moose in a white room that eats nuts.
Edit:God damn ninjas!
A universe where everyone is the opposite gender.
I must find that universe, female me would be hot.
I must find that universe, female me would be hot.