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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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They say in an infinite multiverse versions of you exist. Yet there's an infinity of fractional numbers between 1 and 2 with no whole number 3 between, so infinity can exist without every possibility. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

It's not a proof of possible/impossible universes, it's a counterexample to the argument that infinite universes must necessarily mean that there's a universe with anything in it. It disproves that there must be a universe with X in it because there are infinite universes. It does not disprove that there isn't a universe with X in it.

It makes no claims that the multiverse must necessarily be constrained, but it does show that you can't simply assume that the multiverse must be unconstrained. That needs to be proven first. And there are compelling arguments to assume that said constraints do exist (in some way).