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If the Universe is infinite 17:25 - Sep 11 with 20247 viewschicoazul

that must mean that everything that possibly can happen will eventually happen.

Does this therefore mean free will is an illusion?

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If the Universe is infinite on 17:27 - Sep 11 with 7920 viewsJ2BLUE

There isn't even a universe. We're all in the matrix

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If the Universe is infinite on 17:31 - Sep 11 with 7911 viewsmanchego

free will is an illusion. apparently. there are books about it.

https://samharris.org/the-illusion-of-free-will/
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If the Universe is infinite on 17:31 - Sep 11 with 7894 viewsDarth_Koont

You're comparing apples with caravanning holidays.

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If the Universe is infinite on 17:32 - Sep 11 with 7890 viewslowhouseblue

don't know, but it does mean that we will eventually get promoted

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If the Universe is infinite on 17:32 - Sep 11 with 7899 viewsStokieBlue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain

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If the Universe is infinite on 17:43 - Sep 11 with 7859 viewsWarhurst

For the universe to be infinite then it must have taken an infinite amount of time to get that big? If a big bang event happened then it has to be finite in size surely?
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If the Universe is infinite on 17:45 - Sep 11 with 7846 viewschicoazul

If the Universe is infinite on 17:32 - Sep 11 by lowhouseblue

don't know, but it does mean that we will eventually get promoted


Let's not be silly. Infinity isnt that long.

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If the Universe is infinite on 17:53 - Sep 11 with 7824 viewsSpruceMoose

So we get promoted eventually then?

Edit - Damn it, too slow.
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If the Universe is infinite on 17:54 - Sep 11 with 7815 viewsDanTheMan

Why does it?

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If the Universe is infinite on 17:57 - Sep 11 with 7795 viewsBOjK

Your question and the preceeding setup are unrelated.

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If the Universe is infinite on 17:58 - Sep 11 with 7791 viewsBrixtonBlue

Why "must" that mean "everything that possibly can happen will eventually happen"? It might be just an infinite load of nothing.

Or if there are an infinite amount of Earths, it doesn't follow that different things happen on each one. They might all play out exactly the same.

I bet Bloots will downarrow this.
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If the Universe is infinite on 18:05 - Sep 11 with 7763 viewsRobTheMonk

We signed Curtis Tilt on earth 4123425 and our manager was still Roy Keane. Roy Keane the three-legged horse with a penis the size of a articulate lorry that makes him pass out when he gets too excited at Jon Walters' walking into the medical room.
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If the Universe is infinite on 18:13 - Sep 11 with 7745 viewsSteve_M

Don't be daft, there's still no way that Norwich have ever won a major trophy.

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If the Universe is infinite on 18:13 - Sep 11 with 7742 viewsSpruceMoose

If the Universe is infinite on 18:05 - Sep 11 by RobTheMonk

We signed Curtis Tilt on earth 4123425 and our manager was still Roy Keane. Roy Keane the three-legged horse with a penis the size of a articulate lorry that makes him pass out when he gets too excited at Jon Walters' walking into the medical room.


On Earth 583046384727 Dolly and Glassers are now entering year 20 of a very happy and fulfilling marriage.

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If the Universe is infinite on 18:15 - Sep 11 with 7739 viewsRobTheMonk

Earth 2354256 - 12th man has become the 13th man.
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If the Universe is infinite on 19:13 - Sep 11 with 7666 viewsMJallday

If the Universe is infinite on 18:15 - Sep 11 by RobTheMonk

Earth 2354256 - 12th man has become the 13th man.


Mars, Year 26736744677 (it’s a Tuesday )

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If the Universe is infinite on 19:21 - Sep 11 with 7658 viewssparks

The two things are entirely unconnected. And noone knows if the universe is infinite.

I think there is a good argument for free will being an illusion. The choices you make are dictated and driven by the way your brain is built and the environment around you. All of which stem from atoms which scattered during the early expansion of the universe etc.

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If the Universe is infinite on 19:28 - Sep 11 with 7639 viewsSuperblue95

Who knows, We could be in a turtle's dream in outer space....

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If the Universe is infinite on 19:30 - Sep 11 with 7634 viewsBrixtonBlue

If the Universe is infinite on 19:21 - Sep 11 by sparks

The two things are entirely unconnected. And noone knows if the universe is infinite.

I think there is a good argument for free will being an illusion. The choices you make are dictated and driven by the way your brain is built and the environment around you. All of which stem from atoms which scattered during the early expansion of the universe etc.


Clearly there's a certain amount of free will. Darth, above, was free to choose anything as his second example when he posted, "You're comparing apples with caravanning holidays."

I bet Bloots will downarrow this.
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If the Universe is infinite on 19:31 - Sep 11 with 7631 viewsDeano69

Must mean time travel isn’t possible otherwise we would already know.

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If the Universe is infinite on 20:41 - Sep 11 with 7522 viewsMJallday

If the Universe is infinite on 19:31 - Sep 11 by Deano69

Must mean time travel isn’t possible otherwise we would already know.


Time travel forwards is possible and has been demonstrated


Backwards is impossible (at the moment)

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If the Universe is infinite on 20:50 - Sep 11 with 7504 viewssparks

If the Universe is infinite on 20:41 - Sep 11 by MJallday

Time travel forwards is possible and has been demonstrated


Backwards is impossible (at the moment)

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Relativity rather than forward time travel as such- but I get what you mean.

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If the Universe is infinite on 21:04 - Sep 11 with 7484 viewsgordon

If the Universe is infinite on 19:30 - Sep 11 by BrixtonBlue

Clearly there's a certain amount of free will. Darth, above, was free to choose anything as his second example when he posted, "You're comparing apples with caravanning holidays."


his answer, and indeed any answer/action, would be a consequence of (a very complex) interaction between genetics, environment, and chance.
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If the Universe is infinite on 21:07 - Sep 11 with 7469 viewssparks

If the Universe is infinite on 21:04 - Sep 11 by gordon

his answer, and indeed any answer/action, would be a consequence of (a very complex) interaction between genetics, environment, and chance.


I'm not convinced that chance actually plays a part.

Its at least very arguable that whilst this is all subject to tiny variations and factors whcih are way beyond human capability to calcualte or predict, they may nevertheless have been theoretically predictable.

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If the Universe is infinite on 21:12 - Sep 11 with 7458 viewsDeano69

If the Universe is infinite on 20:41 - Sep 11 by MJallday

Time travel forwards is possible and has been demonstrated


Backwards is impossible (at the moment)

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So how do you get back again?

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