Question about infinity?

Question

Ok, so i have been thinking about this for about 4 years and finally decided to ask...

Many people say that the universe is infinite. So, if the universe is infinite doesn't it mean that all are actions are infinite and that an action that happened on planet earth now will most definitely occur in 3 sec, 7 min, 45.76 hours, .0000023 nano second, etc... (in other words, at any time) at a different point in the universe?

Consider this:

Infinite number of actions + Infinity number of scenarios = infinity number of plausible outcomes.

So doesn't it make sense that the exact same world we are living in is occurring at the same point as...now in another part of the universe?

So if this is possible, wouldn't it also make sense that every plausible scenario that humanity has ever imagined (infinite number of possibilities) could be occurring at a at the same time in a different part of the universe.

i know that this sounds a little messed up but...

Yes i am referring (partially) to parallel universes, but i am also referring to the universes which are simply plausible based upon
1.) What we perceive as possible (such as every world or "system" which can be created by the human mind)

and

2.) which obeys the laws of physics (as much as we know of).

Answer 1

A lot of people say a lot of things but it recognised that we live in a finite universe. The concept of infinity is an abstraction of human origin and is quite useful in higher level mathematics and physics to explain certain properties that actually exist; there are other non-existent abstractions that achieve similar results, negative numbers for instance - you cannot have a negative amount of something...

Remember that universe means 'one system' and anything that is discovered, is a part of the universe; assumptions of another level of existence in parallel, tandem, or whatever, to our own would still by definition be a part of our universe.

"... "Infinite" does not mean large; it means larger than any specific quantity, i.e., of no specific quantity. An infinite quantity would be a quantity without identity. But A is A. Every entity, accordingly, is finite; it is limited in the number of its qualities and in their extent; this applies to the universe as well. As Aristotle was the first to observe, the concept of "infinity" denotes merely a potentiality of indefinite addition or subdivision. For example, one can continually subdivide a line; but however many segments one has reached at a given point, there are only that many and no more. The actual is always finite."

Answer 2

I know this is not answering your question, but if you ask me, I don't think the universe is infinite nor that t has an end or something like that. What I think is that it could very well have an end or something like that, I mean, it is impossible to confirm that something physical is infinite because it would take an infinite time to prove that it is infinite, which means that you (or anyone else trying to prove it) will die before you could determine if it is infinite or not but there is also the possibility that it isn't infinite but so extremely large that anyone who sees or think about it would say "that is infinite" and would die before being able to prove that it does has an "end"
And we still don't know a whole lot about the universe, I mean in past time people thought that the earth was flat and they where proven wrong, maybe in the future people will say that we where wrong by saying that the uiniverse is infinite.

I guess this two texts are a little messed up :D

Answer 3

Not necessarily. It would only go through any actions that it would be capable of doing.

For example, let's say there is a particle that just oscillates. That particle will just continue going up and down for infinity. That doesn't mean the particle will suddenly write War and Peace.

You could also have infinite space with nothing in it. In that space, nothing would happen.

There are an infinite number of other examples.

Answer 4

Thinking about infinity gives me vertigo, but I don't see why an infinite universe means that all actions are infinite. Or maybe I am just balking at the idea of an infinite universe.

Answer 5

ok. as confusing as your question is.. ill try and lend a hand. keep in mind there is some spiritual influence invovled as i was raised christian. although the universe is only known to us as "seemingly" infinite... we have no way of testing that (to my knowledge. the idea that acts are being carried out... llets think about that. if i throw a hammer... does that mean that the closest thing or person next to me and down the line is even going to think about throwing a hammer? no. its a touchy subject with not alot of scientific research being promising at the moment. I dont know if this has helped at all.. .but its all ive got at the moment. Hope it helped somehow.

Answer 6

Check into quantum mechanics. It is all based on how everything in the universe is based on probability. All matter, everything. Its a little complicated to explain here, but I highly suggest picking up some books on the topic. Very interesting. One of my favorites. It seems like you might find a suitable answer there.

Answer 7

Whoa! You're a deep thinker. I can't even begin to answer your question, as I am not a deep thinker. Are you referring to parallel universes? That could be possible.

Answer 8

No, it's not messed up - go crazy, keep thinking, because
"Those who recognize imagination is reality's master we call 'sages', those who act upon it, we call 'artists'." Tom Robbins

.... a particle DID write War and Peace, I have to disagree...