[quote]Nevermind, this was disproven. It would be -blam!- awesome if it were true, though.[/quote]
The universe is infinite. That means that it contains infinite space. That means that it contains infinite events.
And since it contains infinite events, that means that literally [i]everything[/i] is happening. Somewhere, right now, you are dating the girl of your dreams. Somewhere, right now, you are being chased by a bloodthirsty killer.
This wouldn't be possible if the universe was 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 trillion lightyears long. It would be nigh impossible. But because of the simple fact that the universe is infinite, it is possible.
Isn't that cray?
[Edited on 11.29.2012 3:53 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] UK Dark Wolf360 Admittedly, yes, one must've studied or must be studying physics/mathematics to a high level (post-graduate) in order to understand the majority of papers there - I understand quite a few of the particle physics / quantum mechanics ones, but that's because I am a particle physicist![/quote] Oh nice, I was mainly referring to getting other people here to read them. I actually tried and found it too challenging, but my background is in CS and I'm not in grad school yet. Though I suppose Brian Cox could be lurking here...I saw a couple posts on physicsforums by someone at least claiming to be him lol. Incidentally, I was reading a thread on Not Even Wrong the other day where Lubos Motl was yelling at pretty much everyone. That guy is insane and hilarious lol.