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October 2001, Week 4

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Richard Hoffmann <[log in to unmask]>
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Well that explains everyting!

Wirt and Gavin are going to drive me to drinking.

Richard
aka. Sleepy


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> Gavin muses:
>
> > But perhaps there is come complex and *almost* impossible sequence of
> >  interactions between virtual particles that results in an apparently "real"
> >  particle escaping indefinitely.  If so, then all you have to do is wait a
> >  while for enough of these improbable creation events to occur at the same
> >  place and time to equal the mass of the Universe.
> >
> >  The great thing about low-probability Universe creation events like this is
> >  that even though they might be so improbable that your mind might explode
> >  trying to comprehend how big a duration of time we're talking about
>
> Low-probability universes are generally not as low-probability as most people

> assume. The same general consideration occurs in evolutionary genetics: how

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Richard Hoffmann
Systems Analyst/Programmer/Other
Blinn College
http://www.blinncol.edu
Brenham, Texas
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