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that must mean that everything that possibly can happen will eventually happen.
Does this therefore mean free will is an illusion?
In the spirit of reconciliation and happiness at the end of the Banter Era (RIP) and as a result of promotion I have cleared out my ignore list. Look forwards to reading your posts!
If the Universe is infinite on 13:54 - Sep 12 by BrixtonBlue
Yes I agree.
I think some of you have missed my point - to show that the analogy doesn't work. The fact that some of you now want to remove the monkeys proves my point.
the monkeys are only there to add levity to what would otherwise just be maths. I am happy to slaughter the monkeys.
And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show
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If the Universe is infinite on 17:09 - Sep 12 with 3790 views
If the Universe is infinite on 12:51 - Sep 12 by BrixtonBlue
No there won't. Monkeys hitting keys randomly will never type "COTTY IS A BELLEND" let alone the complete works of Shakespeare, no matter how much time or how many monkeys.
They'll accidentally type the odd word here and there and that will be it.
Who do we believe lads? The Mathematics Lecturer at a University or Jerseys?
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If the Universe is infinite on 13:30 - Sep 12 by BrixtonBlue
I think if you had to hit a different combination of letters than you previously did then it would work. Then you would eventually get the complete works of Shakespeare. Just randomly hitting them, no you wouldn't.
you don't know what infinite means do you ?
infinite monkeys + infinite time = shakespeare
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If the Universe is infinite on 17:24 - Sep 12 with 3754 views
If the Universe is infinite on 17:27 - Sep 12 by jjblue84
Let’s do the tree falling in the forest making no sound tomorrow...
Join us next week, as TWTD discusses at considerable length quantum theory and how cruel it is to put a cat in a sealed box before trying to work out if it's alive or dead.
I can genuinely see a weekly podcast in this. Dollers, Prof Brian Cox and Dara O' Briain discuss theoretical models and their limitations.
TWTD Cycling Herbert
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If the Universe is infinite on 17:57 - Sep 12 with 3726 views
If the Universe is infinite on 13:30 - Sep 12 by BrixtonBlue
I think if you had to hit a different combination of letters than you previously did then it would work. Then you would eventually get the complete works of Shakespeare. Just randomly hitting them, no you wouldn't.
They could probs rattle off one of the shorter more well-known ones like The Tempest after a few gos but I wouldn't expect a troupe of monkeys to have ever gone near the likes of Troilus and Cressida.
Also some of the spelling in Shakespeare is very arcane which would work against them.
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If the Universe is infinite on 19:16 - Sep 12 with 3615 views
If the Universe is infinite on 08:15 - Sep 12 by chiddley
Please tell me how you know time travel backwards is impossible ? Please don't quote someone else who also doesn't know, go?
lets assume (because its fact) for the moment that the Earth revolves around the sun and sun revolves within the spiral of our particuar cluster of stars
We (the earth) is moving at around 68,000 mph in space. So in the 5 minutes ive taken to type this, we'll have moved a little under 6000 miles in our absolute position.
with me so far?
if you somehow invented a time machine with a nice chair, that took you and zapped you 10 years back in time - you would be sat in your nice chair, in approximately -273c in the vacuum of space,.
So to cater for this, you have to move your position as well as your time. unfortunately, moving your position meets accelerating (however slowly) towards the speed of light, which would propel you forwards in time as professor cox explains, and not backwards.
hence, time travel backwards is not possible, without breaking the laws of known physics.
there is an argument to say that when you get beyond the speed of light (which would require infinite energy, so could never be achieved) then maybe it COULD be done.
however, you cant outrun time and you cant hit the speed of light - there's an easy way to demonstrate this.
the sun's light takes 8 minutes to get to the earth, so what we see right now actually happened 8 minutes ago.
if the sun exploded 7 minutes ago, we wouldnt know about it for another 1 minute right? thats called the event horizon.
now at the point the event hits us (the event horizon) - we'd see the explosion. but lets just say we got in a rocket, and accelerated away from the sun at an incredibly fast speed - say 99% of the speed of light.
however, even if we hit 99% of the speed of light, , the event horizon (explosion) will always catch up with us - otherwise the sun would shine forever, and its cant, because just blown up.
thats why you can never hit the speed of light therefore (using this method) cant travel back in time
If the Universe is infinite on 08:50 - Sep 13 by MJallday
lets assume (because its fact) for the moment that the Earth revolves around the sun and sun revolves within the spiral of our particuar cluster of stars
We (the earth) is moving at around 68,000 mph in space. So in the 5 minutes ive taken to type this, we'll have moved a little under 6000 miles in our absolute position.
with me so far?
if you somehow invented a time machine with a nice chair, that took you and zapped you 10 years back in time - you would be sat in your nice chair, in approximately -273c in the vacuum of space,.
So to cater for this, you have to move your position as well as your time. unfortunately, moving your position meets accelerating (however slowly) towards the speed of light, which would propel you forwards in time as professor cox explains, and not backwards.
hence, time travel backwards is not possible, without breaking the laws of known physics.
there is an argument to say that when you get beyond the speed of light (which would require infinite energy, so could never be achieved) then maybe it COULD be done.
however, you cant outrun time and you cant hit the speed of light - there's an easy way to demonstrate this.
the sun's light takes 8 minutes to get to the earth, so what we see right now actually happened 8 minutes ago.
if the sun exploded 7 minutes ago, we wouldnt know about it for another 1 minute right? thats called the event horizon.
now at the point the event hits us (the event horizon) - we'd see the explosion. but lets just say we got in a rocket, and accelerated away from the sun at an incredibly fast speed - say 99% of the speed of light.
however, even if we hit 99% of the speed of light, , the event horizon (explosion) will always catch up with us - otherwise the sun would shine forever, and its cant, because just blown up.
thats why you can never hit the speed of light therefore (using this method) cant travel back in time
here ends the physics lesson
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Yeah but are you allowing for a De=Lorean sports car with a flux capacitor in it?
If the Universe is infinite on 08:57 - Sep 13 by Keno
Yeah but are you allowing for a De=Lorean sports car with a flux capacitor in it?
or the power of an infinite number of monkeys?
And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show
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If the Universe is infinite on 09:00 - Sep 13 with 3437 views
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