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solidasparagus on June 22, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligen...

I feel like this misses the point. Infinite outcomes != all outcomes.

s1artibartfast on June 22, 2020 [–]

What you stated is certainly true, but Infinite outcomes == all possible outcomes in infinite quantity, and we know that life is possible.

solidasparagus on June 23, 2020 | [–]

> infinite outcomes == all possible outcomes in infinite quantity

No it doesn't. This is a common misunderstanding of infinity. Infinite is absolutely not the same as all.

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