• Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    Nothing? I’m not sure that’s true. If the universe is infinite and homogeneous then that would infer all finite permutations of energy occur, not once but infinitely many times. As for actually proving the universe is infinite? It’s not possible. We can only infer with measurements and physics which make accurate predictions we can measure. I mean not unless there’s like some cool way to traverse truly unheard of distances. Like if you could move 10^100 light years in a direction and it’s still the same even that wouldn’t prove it’s infinite but would really lend itself to the idea that it is.

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      50 minutes ago

      If the universe is infinite and homogeneous then that would infer all finite permutations of energy occur, not once but infinitely many times.

      That’s a big if.

      Something can be infinite without having any 1:1 repetition of all or any finite parts. Depends on how homogenous it really is and at what scale. If there are infinite permutations within a finite area, then it won’t necessarily repeat ever. There’s currently no proof of whether the universe is discreet or continuous.

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        31 minutes ago

        True, it’s a lot of assumptions either way one chooses. I just like the idea that everything that can be, is.

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      6 hours ago

      That’s not inherently true, infinity can be bound

      There are an infinite amount of numbers between 2 and 3 but none of them are 5

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        5 hours ago

        Reality as far as we know has a limited resolution aka the plank scale. It kinda makes sense. If an object like an atom required infinite information to encode it would collapse into a black hole.