In a universe of infinite space and time, is it possible for something to happen once

wiggums · 12-07-2012, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Face

You can have an infinite amount of possibilities without including everything conceivable being possible. An infinite amount of time and space does not mean any thing you can imagine, such as a person being smaller than a single atom or that light stops reflecting, will happen.

The question is could something happen just once. Of course those things will never happen, but if they could occur once, why not twice?

To respond to your bomb argument, I would argue that (besides it being completely preposterous, and it could never happen even once) quantum physics is very different than our physics, and when something seemingly is empty, particles have been known to appear mysteriously. I'm not saying they pop out of nowhere, but they do seem to be formed in a matter by which we don't completely understand.

My answer to the question: No. If something happens once in an infinite universe, it will happen again. If you're sitting at the casino long enough, you're going to get a jackpot at some point.