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>So realistically, we’re talking about at least 10^10^50 Universes that started off with initial conditions that might be very similar to our own. Presumably,
by rl3 12y ago
>So realistically, we’re talking about at least 10^10^50 Universes that started off with initial conditions that might be very similar to our own.
Presumably, what follows from initial conditions is bound by determinism.
By the logic of that assumption, even if we assume an infinite set of initial conditions, can there really be alternate universes wherein everything is identical except for one miniscule thing, billions of years after initial conditions have unfolded?
- Permit 12y ago>Presumably, initial conditions are slave to determinism just like anything else. Why is everything slave to determinism? Isn't true randomness introduced to the system via randomness at the quantum level?
- rl3 12y agoUnless the quantum level itself stems from initial conditions, and therefore is deterministic as well. Also, I rephrased the line you quoted almost immediately after I posted it. Sorry about that.