that there is a certain discrete, maximum number

of configurations of matter and energy

of a given volume

of given composition

in space

that is to say

let us suppose that for your mass and volume

and your particular recipe of matter and energy

(the elements making you up and the states of these bodies)

there is a finite number of possible combinations

the carbons can only be in so many places

the hydrogens can only be in so many places

so

for a given quantity, i.e. your particular material make-up

there is a maximum distance in any direction in space

where resides your precise, perfect double

each atom of each type in its place

each electron in its configuration

you can never be farther away from your double than a discrete

finite

distance

closer, perhaps

so close your fingertips touch

so close you don't even know it

but never farther than that maximum

and even if you suppose the universe is finite

there is still the question of that maximum distance

and still the question of whether the distance

between the point that is you

and the furthest point of the furthest edge of space

is smaller

or greater

we cannot be alone in an infinite universe

and we may not be alone in a finite one

and we can never be farther from ourselves

from one person who understands us as well as we could expect of any other

than that maximum distance

in this thread,

minds

are

blown.

3/9/2010 1:06:38 PM

Put down the bong.

3/9/2010 1:07:22 PM

3/9/2010 1:07:35 PM

3/9/2010 1:07:46 PM

worst lyrics thread ever

3/9/2010 1:07:50 PM

3/9/2010 1:09:20 PM

tg; dr

THATS TOO GAY; DIDNT READ IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING

3/9/2010 1:09:52 PM

My double better stay away.
I'll shoot that dude in the face.
I suppose he would try the same.
But I'm the quicker of the two.
Mark my words.
Dude will rue the day.
Mark them.

3/9/2010 1:20:07 PM

lettuce prey

3/9/2010 1:20:35 PM

so frosh has finally discovered drugs, eh

3/9/2010 1:21:30 PM

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!

"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.
A fraction of a second and the elements were made.
The bipeds stood up straight,
The dinosaurs all met their fate,
They tried to leap but they were late
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
The oceans and pangea
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya
Set in motion by the same big bang!

It all started with the big BANG!

It's expanding ever outward but one day
It will cause the stars to go the other way,
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it wont be hurt
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!

Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
Debating out while here they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy
It all started with the big bang!

Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!
It all started with the big BANG!

3/9/2010 1:22:30 PM

Let's do something large....

6/24/2010 9:31:13 AM

no, you're making a unfounded assumption right around here:

Quote :

"let us suppose that for your mass and volume and your particular recipe of matter and energy (the elements making you up and the states of these bodies) there is a finite number of possible combinations the carbons can only be in so many places the hydrogens can only be in so many places so for a given quantity, i.e. your particular material make-up there is a maximum distance in any direction in space where resides your precise, perfect double each atom of each type in its place each electron in its configuration"

but nice psuedo-sciency attempt

6/24/2010 11:07:02 AM

I still hold to my promise that I'll make my double rue the day he sees my face. You better stay away double.

6/24/2010 11:13:12 AM

RUE IT YOU WILL!

6/24/2010 11:15:25 AM

Hey, can someone grab a dictionary and show me what "suppose" means since I apparently don't know?

6/24/2010 11:18:58 AM

i suppose it's all just smoke and mirrors

[Edited on June 24, 2010 at 11:24 AM. Reason : and wordsmithery]

6/24/2010 11:22:04 AM

Quote :

"so for a given quantity, i.e. your particular material make-up there is a maximum distance in any direction in space where resides your precise, perfect double"

I can't brain this

6/24/2010 11:59:24 AM

THE 4TH DIMENSION ITT

6/24/2010 12:01:34 PM

HULLABALOO ITT

6/24/2010 12:55:14 PM

Lots of words for "Dude, what if everyone had a twin "

6/24/2010 1:00:53 PM

Derailment via OT ITT.

Quote :

"In the beginning when God created* the heavens and the earth, 2the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God* swept over the face of the waters. 3Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. 6 And God said, ‘Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’ 7So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. 8God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. 9 And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. 10God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.’ And it was so. 12The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. 14 And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, 15and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so. 16God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, 18to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. 20 And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’ 21So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.’ 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. 24 And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.’ And it was so. 25God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind* in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth,* and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ "

6/24/2010 3:36:55 PM