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Subject: Re: Are there an infinite number of universes?

Author: allan johnson

Date: 21:12:12 12/22/00

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icOn December 22, 2000 at 17:09:09, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

Nice one Tim
Al

Tania,
>
>Don't get too excited about numbers like 10 to the 40th power.  Think about a
>real mind bender like : How many times did the universe recreate or was
>recreated and how many parallel universes are there?
>
>If the universe is infinite then we can not know about how many atoms there are.
>Each atom has protons, neutrons and electrons etc.  The degree of freedom in
>terms of location and energy level of each of these particles is almost
>infinite.
>
>Mind blower of mind blowers:  How do you get something from nothing?  Where did
>the universe come from?  It came from God...and where did God come from....?
>
>Is time infinite?  Is time an illusion?
>
>Seriously,however, there is no need to know the number of possibilities of
>positions in chess because each of us only lives 70 +/-40 years.  What is
>important is to be nice to one another and just enjoy moving the pieces around
>without throwing them.
>
>Happy Holidays,
>
>Tim Frohlick
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>On December 22, 2000 at 11:49:22, Tania Devora wrote:
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>>
>>How many positions or moves exist in chess?
>>
>>
>>I mean all the possible moves!,
>>good moves, stupid moves like. 1.h4 1.a5. 2.Th3 2.a4 Ta3 3.Ta6 3.Tg3 4.Ta6 Th3
>>etc etc........
>>
>>I think that the number will be verrryyyy HUUGEE!! I think that any machine or
>>computer in the future  could see all the possibilities in chess.
>>
>>What do you think?  Anybody have an idea? of how many possibilities exist in the
>>chess game?



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