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galacticbackhoe t1_j1knsfy wrote

It seems unlikely to me that in a big bounce theory that everything would happen the exact same way - especially down to your existence + anxiety.

Are you on mushrooms or something? You should relax.

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EmbarrassedFriend693 OP t1_j1koarn wrote

but given infinite big bangs and crunches, can't it be?

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Mandelvolt t1_j1kovkn wrote

If that is the case, do you remember the infinite number of lives you have lived? No? Then it is irrelevant from your point of view, in this case they would be indistinguishable and therefore can be counted as a singular event rather than an infinite series. 1x1x1x1=1.

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Jonesdeclectice t1_j1koq2u wrote

Mathematically, yes. Practically? No. Mathematically, it’s possible for a monkey with a typewriter to write the cure for cancer complete with steps for synthesis, the chemistry, formulas, etc etc. But even in the face of infinite, it’s not going to happen - even if the math works out.

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nivvera t1_j1krpq8 wrote

With infinite cycles, practicality doesn't matter. Everything will happen simply because there's no limit on everything reforming. Doesn't matter if the iterations are some unimaginable number apart because nothing is limiting that number.

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tcwillis79 t1_j1l0ehi wrote

It’s very unlikely that the cure for cancer could be described using only a type writer. I’m no ontologist but I’m guessing there is going to need to be some pictures.

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effitdoitlive t1_j1l9tj5 wrote

But the monkey can just draw txt pics with these /-(;) silly

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Stratusfear21 t1_j1krebw wrote

No. With an infinite process each rendition would be something new ad infinitum. It takes extraordinarily very little to have extremely massive changes. Considering we'd have a different scenario every time; the chances of earth being a thing much less very broadly close to what it is now (and I don't think you fathom what I mean by broadly) would be such a small percentage that we can say it's not possible. It's not possible. You're only giving it a percentage because that's how math works. Truthfully though nobody has any clue on how any of this stuff works and they are all outlandish hypotheticals. We are still dumb apes poking at fire with sticks. We know very little about the nature of our reality. We know a little bit but very little in the grand scheme of things. And we don't even know the grand scheme of things.

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Professional_Bed_431 t1_j1kotno wrote

Strictly speaking, yes, but we'd probably need to be countless quintillion cycles in or some crazy number like that for the odds to line up I'd imagine. Doesn't seem like a 1:1 repeat would be all tbat likely. If the universe even is cyclical in the first place. Who knows really.

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gamesager t1_j1l65ez wrote

The thing is, if you're only conscious in the universes where it does happen within the infinite universes that happen, then it wouldn't matter how long it takes for it to happen again. Eventually some unfathomable number of years pass and that replica earth exist again.

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