Question about an infinite number of universes

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Kolmogorov's zero-one law indicates that certain events, known as tail events, have probabilities of either zero or one, suggesting a deterministic nature to these occurrences. The discussion raises skepticism about the feasibility of time travel and parallel universes, citing the absence of observable evidence such as future tourists. It argues that without direct observation, the existence of parallel universes remains speculative and cannot be proven. The conversation also touches on the implications of the Big Bang theory and the philosophical challenges of explaining the origin of the universe, questioning whether something can arise from absolute nothing. Ultimately, the debate highlights the complexities of existence and the limitations of current scientific understanding regarding time and the multiverse.
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It seems highly unlikely that other copies of "us" exist in an inflationary multiverse scenario.

The fluctuations that give rise to different universes would evolve differently would they not?

The infinite monkey theorem seems to agree concerning the improbability of a monkey typing out Hamlet in a finite amount of time...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem#Probabilities

Even if the observable universe were filled with monkeys typing from now until the heat death of the universe, their total probability to produce a single instance of Hamlet would still be less than one in 10^183,800
 

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