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To: NicknamedBob
Sadly, mathematicians are constrained by the laws and dimensions of the universe, thus no infinite monkeys or infinite time and the monkey argument as a basis for explaining the complexity of both the universe and life in the realm of probability fails miserably.

God, of course, would have no such constraints which puts science and mathematicians at a certain disadvantage. Such is life!

Which is why there are some scientists who posit a multiverse where infinite time and infinite space keeps the monkeys banging out complexity by random chance at their lesiure.

Given infinite time, space and monkeys the mathematical proof that they will type a sonnet is pretty simple. Unfortunately we are stuck with finite limits while God isn't. I know, I know, it isn't fair that science has to deal with the laws, time and space that the Good Lord gave them but there it is anyway.

60 posted on 11/04/2007 11:21:37 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
"Sadly, mathematicians are constrained by the laws and dimensions of the universe ..."

You are deluding yourself if you think this to be true.

Mathemagicians can conjure up as many Universes as they wish in order to demonstrate a mathematical theorem.

I witnessed a fascinating discussion this summer in which a mathematical analysis was made of Archimedes' principle of the lever, "Give me a lever long enough, and a place on which to stand, and I will move the world!"

Needless to say, Archimedes' physics was accurate, but mathematically, his mass would need to be multiplied by a lever longer than the Universe.

Mathematicians are not constrained by such pedestrian limits.

63 posted on 11/04/2007 11:39:06 AM PST by NicknamedBob (Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
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