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\nThe cosmological equations that so beautifully describe our universe make an uncomfortable prediction: interpreting them in the most straightforward way, they tell us that the universe may be infinite. Or not; it could turn out that the...\nThe cosmological equations that so beautifully describe our universe make an uncomfortable prediction: interpreting them in the most straightforward way, they tell us that the universe may be infinite. Or not; it could turn out that the universe contains enough matter and energy to close in on itself and be finite, or perhaps the simplest interpretation of the cosmological equations is TOO simple. But according to our best theoretical understanding, an infinite universe seems at least possible - and some would say likely. If so this raises an even more crazy possibility. An infinite universe may literally contain every possible thing allowable by the laws of physics - each in infinite multitude. And that includes infinite versions of you. Today I’m going to try to convince THIS version of the reality of all of the others.\n
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12:23
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12th - Higher Ed
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\nPBS Space Time\n\n
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2020
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English
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space, quantum mechanics, time, black holes, regions, values, monkeys, finite, outer space, astrobiology, the universe, science fiction
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physics, astrophysics, space physics, pbs, space time, pbs space time, matt o’dowd, einstein, einsteinian physics, general relativity, special relativity, dark energy, dark matter, math, calculus, maths, holographic universe, holographic principle, rare earth, anthropic principle, weak anthropic principle, strong anthropic principle, cosmological equations, keys randomly, future history, beckenstein bound, starting conditions, infinite versions, starting configurations, infinite number, infinite universe, infinite regions, infinite monkeys, infinite, eventually, number, configurations, universe, point, properties, part, results, long, duplicate, monkey, character
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