Thursday, October 4, 2007

The sports paradox of parallel universes

I'm not high but this just came to me this morning.

Are infinite amount of parallel universes possible? Perhaps, but a parallel universe can't exist if matter cannot logically occupy that space. How is this possible. Let's call this one the sports paradox. Now imagine a sports ultra dynasty not the Montreal Canadians or New England Patriots but a team that never loses, EVER. Imagine for a second that in a few of the infinite amount of universes this is the case. I believe this is logically impossible since a team that NEVER loses would result in the league folding due to lack of competition.

Now consider that every parallel universe splits into infinitely many parts on an increment of infinitely small amount of time. Meaning for instance that every nano-micro-super-small amount of time results in matter filling an infinite amount of different combinations of space, each of which splits into it's own universe.

The above reasoning would mean that a universe where a sport team will never lose is never going to form. This can be demonstrated easily. Imagine theres a team lets say the Chicago Cubs, that never lose. Well this is impossible not only because it's been a hundred years since the last world series win but because it's an almost certainty a league can't possibly sustain a non-losing team all else being equal. This would mean all the events leading up to the formation of that league and team cannot happen . Moreover the matter that splits off to form that universe where a winning team will one day develop cannot happen since I assume a single instance of a parallel universe (matter) will follow a given time line. There you have it at least one parallel universe can't exist.

Does this mean infinite parallel universes are not possible? Well, there could be an infinite amount of parallel universes where a team ALWAYS wins, but that does not rule out the possibility of an infinite amount of universes where this is not the case and they can exist. It likely comes back to the logic of infinity.

P.S. By team and league I refer to organized sustainable leagues like MLB, NHL, ECHL, etc... Infinite possibilities of teams means there might a team like the Detroit Tigers but there might be a similar parallel team like the Detroit Machines, or Detroit Thumb Suckers, (in theory).

Anyway, this is my original idea for today and I hope someone can find a flaw in this argument.

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