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Comment by layer8

4 days ago

Maybe the larger universe is identical to the contained universe, like a fractal. That would solve the question. ;)

Might I suggest Brouwer's theorem while we figure it out

  • Could you elaborate? It's been a while since I've done any real analysis/etc.

    • A 2D version: If you have a map of the place you're in, there must be a point on the map that's in the exact place it represents.

Would be fun if we find a function f(state, time) such that for f(singularity, 14 billion years) we get our current universe. i.e.: every singularity turns into our exact universe.

  • Implying there’s no such thing as randomness, at any level?

    • No randomness when taking everything into account. I’m not an expert but I still hold out hope that if you know more about the universe than humanity does everything will be known to be deterministic.

      Also implies that all singularities of the same mass are identical. I think this should be less bold of a statement. Let’s speculate that the more mass in the singularity would correspond to higher iterations in something like the Mandelbrot set. More of a resolution enhancement.

      More if a scifi prompt than anything else to be fair.

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