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farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

this doesn’t have anything to do with your previous claim that there is an an atom to atom copy of earth elsewhere in the universe though. could the universe pe infinite? maybe. We can only see part of it and we can’t measure the total energy of the big bang to determine an answer at this time.

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Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Nothing? I’m not sure that’s true. If the universe is infinite and homogeneous then that would infer all finite permutations of energy occur, not once but infinitely many times. As for actually proving the universe is infinite? It’s not possible. We can only infer with measurements and laws of physics which make accurate predictions we can measure.

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- ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That’s not inherently true, infinity can be bound
  
  There are an infinite amount of numbers between 2 and 3 but none of them are 5
  
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  - Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Reality as far as we know has a limited resolution aka the plank scale. It kinda makes sense. If an object like an atom required infinite information to encode it would collapse into a black hole.
    
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- bstix@feddit.dk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  If the universe is infinite and homogeneous then that would infer all finite permutations of energy occur, not once but infinitely many times.
  
  That’s a big if.
  
  Something can be infinite without having any 1:1 repetition of all or any finite parts. Depends on how homogenous it really is and at what scale. If there are infinite permutations within a finite area, then it won’t necessarily repeat ever. There’s currently no proof of whether the universe is discreet or continuous.
  
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  - Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    True, it’s a lot of assumptions either way one chooses.
    
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