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Unread 19-07-2005, 02:46
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Re: are we alone in the universe?

Let's consider this for a minute:

Assume that the universe has a finite lifespan, but time is infinte. Every something-billion years, someone hits the reset button and everything starts over. Let's also assume that it has different inital conditions each time. We now have a random universe generator with infinite trials (not necessairly infinite initial conditions though).

We know for a fact that AT LEAST one of these universes supports life. Any universes that don't support life would go unnoticed. Those that do support life will probably contain beings having the same discussion we are right now. This means, however, that life isn't that improbable. If the universe doesn't support life, there's nobody around to care. The only universes that have beings to define the improbablity of life are those that support life anyway.

I know it doesn't address the original topic, but it's something to think about...
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