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It might help on an existential level. + In the space of all possible universes it is unlikely that we live in the most probable one, but it is likely that we
by MrQuincle 10y ago
It might help on an existential level.
+ In the space of all possible universes it is unlikely that we live in the most probable one, but it is likely that we live in a probable one.
+ When I feel existentially lost, I'd like to think that if we look deep into math we will see the necessity of our universe's existence.
+ Our universe is a probable sequence hidden like primes within natural numbers. It exists forever, we only need a mathematical microscope.
For me it helps a bit...
- jcbrand 10y ago> In the space of all possible universes it is unlikely that we live in the most probable one, but it is likely that we live in a probable one. I was never great at probability theory, but wouldn't we by definition most likely be living in the most probable universe?
- ClassyJacket 10y agoNope. Imagine there are million possible universes. Imagine the most probable has a probability of 1%. It'd still pretty unlikely that we live in that one, even tho it's more likely than any other one.
- mb_72 10y agoIndeed; the 'simulation universe' possibility I find (oddly I know!) comforting, and this has provided me with a way of understanding to some degree the comfort offered by religion to many people, while at the same time I still can't understand the religious aspect itself.