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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_recurrence_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_recurrence_theor... The logic follows, and we do in
by XorNot 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_recurrence_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_recurrence_theor...
The logic follows, and we do in fact even know of a mechanism since quantum mechanics as currently observed provides for unexpected events spontaneously occurring with a very low probability.
But that's where time probability gets weird: once you're dead time is meaningless. You can be dead for a 10^100 years, and its the same as being dead for 5 minutes.
So if the universe (or multiverse) has some mechanism which generates new configurations of matter, then eventually it'll iterate a lot of perceptually indistinguishable versions of reality that from your subjective position will look the same.
It gets even weirder because if you think about it, our universe has rules, so maybe not all configurations are allowed but this one we are currently experiencing definitely is, so it's recurrence is guaranteed provided there's no global limiting function we're unaware of.
- awb 5y agoFrom the Poincaré recurrence theorem: > The result applies to isolated mechanical systems subject to some constraints, e.g., all particles must be bound to a finite volume. If space is infinite, then I don’t think this would apply. > So if the universe (or multiverse) has some mechanism which generates new configurations of matter, then eventually it'll iterate a lot of perceptually indistinguishable versions of reality that from your subjective position will look the same. But that’s not really reincarnation is it? Like the Dali Lama believes they hop from body to body within this singular timeline. The multiverse would just be copies of the universe, that have no connection / impact on the other versions, no?