Since the
beginning of time, men (I'm speaking of the human race, this
is not sexist in
anyway because women are included in this too) have
pondered our
existence and purpose, as well as the nature of the world we
live in. This is
perhaps the single most time consuming thought we ever
have for most
people live their entire lifetimes without finding the answer
or even coming
close to one. I myself have pondered this question for most
of my life, until
recently when I used some odd (but logical) logic to come
up with a strange
conclusion: Nothing exists, and everything exists, for
everything is
possible all at the same time.
Now, by now the
reader of this paper is thinking "How is this
possible?"
or "This guy should be locked up!". Therefore, I plan to explain
how I reached
this conclusion in this paper. However, I must give fair
warning, that
some of the logic I used is strange and complex. If you have
any doubts about
your mental health, or are unsure of your capacities and
limitations in
any way, please do not read this, or at least do not take it
seriously. For
those of you who feel you can handle this, read on. Now, let
us start at the
most logical place to begin, the beginning.
What is reality?
Well, there are
many explanations and theories about this, but I based
mine on what I
can observe and how I perceive things as a whole. Reality,
as we know it
seems to be made up of various dimensions. Most people will
say reality is
three dimensional, but it's really more than that. Time is
often considered
a fourth dimension, and some people say that there are at
least eight known
dimensions, possibly as many as thirty. However, it will
be easier to
start with dimensions from the ground up. Let us start with
zero dimensions.
A zero dimensional reality is a point. It does not extend
in any direction,
it is one point, there are no alternatives at all. This
is the only type
of reality in which a "fact" as we know it really exists.
It either is or
it isn't. Now, try to imagine a line. Well, there are
several types of
lines. There are infinite lines, which extend in both
directions
forever, and lines with one limit, and lines with two limits.
Infinity with
limits is still infinity. Suppose the line is limited, and is
a certain length,
not extending forever. This is a one dimensional reality,
you can go one
way, or the other. Now, how many points (zero dimensional
realities) are on
the line? Infinite. No matter how short the line is,
there's always an
infinite number of points. Ok, now on to two dimensions.
Two dimensional
realities are planes. They're flat level surfaces. How many
lines are on a
plane? Infinite. So, a two dimensional reality is infinity
squared zero
dimensional realities. Likewise, three dimensions is an
infinite number
of planes, and four is an infinite number of three
dimensional
realities. Therefore, there are somewhere between infinity to
the 8th and
infinity to the 30th zero dimensional realities in our
universe.
What is infinity
good for?
Now that is a
good question. What does a universe do with infinite
realities? It
fills them up. Now, this means to fill up infinite realities,
you must have
infinite possibilities. So, there are an infinite number of
realities in
which an event happens, and an infinite number in which it
doesn't happen.
This is true of every event. The reason we don't perceive
it this way, is
because our perception is limited. For instance, we do not
perceive time as
a dimension like height and length and width. This is
because we are
moving along time in one direction, and cannot sense changes
in it. Therefore,
events do not just happen for one instant, we only
perceive them for
one instant as we move along the positive time axis.
Therefore
everything that ever happened, and everything that will still
exists, we just
don't see it. So, one can conclude that it is reasonable
that we may jump
from one reality to another as we move along time.
Therefore,
nothing is a fact, whether it has happened, is happening, or
will happen.
Everything is just an expression of probability with no one or
zero value. So,
there is such a thing as infinite improbability, and
infinite
probability. But not definite probability and definite
improbability.
So, the probability of an event occurring is 1/infinity to
1-1/infinity.
What does
infinite improbability and infinite probability imply?
Well, infinite
improbability and infinite probability are found when
infinite
possibilities are present. If I toss a six sided standard die in
the air, what is
the probability that it will come up with six dots on top?
Well, most people
will immediately say 1/6. This is not true. Why? Because
when you
calculate probability as we are taught, we immediately rule out
the improbable, but
not impossible outcomes. It is possible that the die
will be destroyed
by say a laser before it lands, or a meteor may pass by
the earth and
disrupt gravity, causing the die to fly into orbit, or the
laws of physics
may change for an instant causing who knows what to happen.
The point is,
there are an infinite number of things that could possibly
happen, and
therefore an probability and improbability factor which
includes
improbability and probability factors from other events happening.
Therefore
something can be improbable but not impossible. This may help to
explain quantum
physics, where things behave in strange ways they should
not, at least not
by the laws of physics as we know them. It may be, that
when examining
things on the quantum scale, we are actually observing the
behavior of
particles as we shift from one reality to another where the
laws of physics
are slightly different in each. Therefore, nothing has to
behave the same
way all the time. As soon as you're not watching it, it
could do
something entirely different.
What about all
those theories and formulas people have come up with?
Well, when
someone creates a theory or formula to explain something,
they're giving
you something that gives an approximate description of that
event. Theories
and formulas are never 100% perfect. For example, if you
graph the
behavior of an object as it moves, and you write an equation to
explain the graph
that you see, you do not take into account behavior
outside that
range of the graph. There may be subtle changes that would
wreak havoc with
your equations if you only knew about them. But you don't.
Why? Because it's
impossible to graph something for an infinite amount of
time with
infinite detail. For example, Newton's theories are pretty good,
the held up when
we went to the moon. However, over large (interstellar and
intergalactic)
distances, they won't be perfect. Also, flaws in them become
more apparent as
you approach the speed of light, and they're only
reasonably
correct up to about 80% the speed of light. Einstein was even
closer. His theories
on relativity are very precise, and they work well,
but they are
still probably flawed at some point. Chaos theory may be even
closer, but since
it is generated by people and machines made by people, it
won't be perfect.
In short, our chaos is really too structured to explain
the structure of
the universe, which is chaotic.
What about
paradox?
Well, paradox
deals with a conflict in events. For instance, it has
been theorized
that time travel is possible. This presents the question of
"What if
someone goes back and changes something?", and more importantly,
"What if
they mess up and prevent their own birth? How will they ever
travel back in
time to do it?". Well, this is the classic example of
paradox. Now,
based on the model of reality described so far, how would we
explain what
happens with a paradox. Well, if we constantly move along the
positive time
axis, and there are an infinite number of divergences or
"forks in
the road" for each event, then it is logical to assume that one
who goes back
along the time axis and alters an event will follow a
different pathway
then they did the first time around. Therefore, a paradox
will is not
likely to destroy the universe, rather, you would find yourself
in a reality that
changed from the point at which you altered it.
Therefore, this
means reality can even loop back on itself, and still
function just
fine. There would merely be another set of infinite realities
coexisting with
the original set, with the defining event being your
alteration of
another event.
How does all this
apply to everyday life, and what does it all mean to us?
This is probably
the most important question of all. What does it all
mean; how does it
apply to me. Well, from what we have seen, our chaos is
too logical to
explain the logic of a reality that is chaotic. Also,
nothing is
impossible, some things are merely more improbable than others.
Therefore,
reality is most likely going to be exactly as how you perceive
it. So,
basically, nothing is definite at all. So, what should one do with
one's life in
such a strange reality? Well, the only answer I could come up
with is: Whatever
you want. It seems that the point of life is not to
understand your
own life, or purpose, or the nature of things, it's to have
as much fun as
you possibly can while you can still have it. Now, I know
somewhere out
there, someone is thinking "Well what if I think it's fun to
go out and murder
people or something?". Well, the answer to why people
don't do this, is
simple, it's not fun. How so? Well, you must consider
tradeoffs. What's
fun now usually doesn't lead to things that are much fun
later. For
instance, if you kill someone, it may be fun, but I don't think
one would find
imprisonment or a death penalty fun at all. It may be fun to
drop out of
school and do whatever you want, but in a few years when you
can't get a job
and don't have enough money to go anywhere or do anything,
you won't be so
happy. Therefore, it is best to do what you like, but
consider the
consequences and alternatives first. So, morals don't really
exist because
people know the difference between right and wrong or because
some omnipotent
creator dictated our lifestyle to us, but because the let
the most people
enjoy themselves at one time. So, it's basically similar to
any animal's
response to a positive stimulus, however our powers of
abstract concepts
and reasoning, and critical thinking allow us to
determine what is
fun now, and will still allow us to have fun later. So,
in the end,
people will do what they like most, while still allowing others
to do what they
like most, and eventually it all works out for the better.
At least, it has
so far in this reality, but as we know, everything could
change in an
instant, even though it's not likely. So, be grateful our
lives are as
stable as they are and get what you can while you can still
get it because it
may not be here tomorrow.
Well, up until
now I had planned on making this thing anonymous, but
now that I think
of it, I would kick myself if it ever got any recognition
at all, and I
couldn't prove that I wrote it. So, I have decided to put my
name in it, and
hope that nobody decides to alter it and reprint it. So,
for anyone
interested, this paper was written by Toby Hudon, or, for anyone
who has a modem,
General Lee D. Mented. I hope you had fun reading it,
cause it was sure
fun writing it.
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