The Infinite Monkeys Theory

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interspark

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rabidmidget said:
A universe where every other word is "duck"

Why? I dunno ask them.
how about a universe where the spaghetti monster is real? wow, that'd be ironic
 

Jonluw

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interspark said:
There are an infinite number of universes, ok maybe there aren't, but let's assume there are, that means that, somewhere out there, there's a universe where everyone's a three eyed hippy with a dog called Nigel,
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.)

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.
 

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Aby_Z said:
Somewhere, there's a universe in which there are no alternate universes.

Wait...
You had to make this paradoxical didnt you. Now my head hurts... a lot...

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.
 

tombman888

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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.
 

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TiloXofXTanto said:
Somewhere, somehow, there is a universe in which time travels backward and everyone is mourning the birth of their friends and the coming of the big bang.
Winpost is win.

And also, if one universe can be created, why can't others?
And in that case, why aren't they just called verses?
I believe in the multiverse theory, verses are awesome.
 

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it means that for every tv show we watched, every game we ever played, every thing that was imagined...EVER.

there's a universe out there were that's reality.

in case you don't get it means that there is a REAL pokemon world somewhere, like another user previously mentioned.

beat THAT!
 

RadiusXd

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A universe where the President of earth is jim carrey.
"people of earth, this pen is reeeeeeeeeee".
 

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interspark said:
rabidmidget said:
A universe where every other word is "duck"

Why? I dunno ask them.
how about a universe where the spaghetti monster is real? wow, that'd be ironic
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Hey! I don't publicly insult YOUR deities!
 

interspark

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RadiusXd said:
interspark said:
rabidmidget said:
A universe where every other word is "duck"

Why? I dunno ask them.
how about a universe where the spaghetti monster is real? wow, that'd be ironic
Hey! I don't publicly insult YOUR deities![/quote]
im not insulting it! im just saying that it existing would be ironic, because of its origin
 

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Tharwen said:
Damn. I wanted a Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference...
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.

(Typed from memory. Any errors are therefore your own problem.)
Actually I was referring to the bit where Ford and Arthur are first rescued by the Heart of Gold:

Ford was wildly excited.
'Arthur!' he said. 'This is fantastic! We've been picked up by a ship powered by the Infinite Improbability Drive! This is incredible! I heard rumour about it before! They were all officially denied, but they must have done it! They've built the Improbability Drive! Arthur, this is...Arthur? What's happening?
Arthur had jammed himself against the door to the cubicle, trying to hold it closed, but it was ill-fitting. Tiny furry little hands were squeezing themselves through the cracks, their fingers were inkstained; tiny voices chattered insanely.
Arthur looked up.
'Ford,' he said, 'there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out.'
 

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Jonluw 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.)
w.
irrelevant.
so long as it's possible (no matter how unlikely) a money can use typewriter then that's all it needs.

an infinite amount of time is limitless, right? therefore even if the monkey press one key a century it's still possible, in fact we can also say that the monkey has typed every single piece of literature to this date.
 

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jwien001 said:
A universe in which Duke Nukem Forever was released... oh wait.
I'm glad we live in that one.

On another note, would these universes have the same physics on an atomic scale? They would have to to even exist, therefore some of these ideas could never occur, and only a set amount of outcomes can occur because inhabitable planets can only start in a set number of ways.
 

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mad825 said:
Jonluw 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.)
w.
irrelevant.
so long as it's possible (no matter how unlikely) a money can use typewriter then that's all it needs.

an infinite amount of time is limitless, right? therefore even if the monkey press one key a century it's still possible if fact we can also say that the monkey has typed every single piece of literature to this date.
It's not a question of how often the monkey will press the keys; the fact of the matter is that the monkey will favourize certain keys and patterns. What keys the monkey presses will never be random, and therefore, the complete works of Shakespeare will never be written.
 

imnot

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The universe where Duke nukem forever comes out, ow wait.
EDIT: dam ninj's!