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PumpJack_McGee commented at 2011-07-17 21:20:00 » #815525
Ha, I love this.
Finally someone with the brains to have figured out that- even if you could travel back in time- that it wouldn't have any effect upon the laws of probability.
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Ha, I love this.
Finally someone with the brains to have figured out that- even if you could travel back in time- that it wouldn't have any effect upon the laws of probability.
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Anonymous commented at 2011-07-18 01:28:47 » #815793
The point is, if they go back in time to before the lottery number was drawn, it's not going to be the same number every time. The balls wouldn't land the exact same way every single time.
Correct me if I'm thinking wrong. It /is/ 2 in the morning on my end.
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The point is, if they go back in time to before the lottery number was drawn, it's not going to be the same number every time. The balls wouldn't land the exact same way every single time.
Correct me if I'm thinking wrong. It /is/ 2 in the morning on my end.
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Anonymous commented at 2011-07-18 01:31:00 » #815797
Sorta. If time repeats its self and nothing is changed, the balls would roll the same. However, if time repeats its self and something changes, there's a chance that it will affect the roll of the balls.
If the balls were actually a quantum random number generator, then it would almost always spit out different numbers if you were to go back in time, even if you didn't change anything, in theory.
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Sorta. If time repeats its self and nothing is changed, the balls would roll the same. However, if time repeats its self and something changes, there's a chance that it will affect the roll of the balls.
If the balls were actually a quantum random number generator, then it would almost always spit out different numbers if you were to go back in time, even if you didn't change anything, in theory.
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PumpJack_McGee commented at 2011-07-18 01:58:11 » #815840
The very fact that you went back in time is a change- and it'll never be the exact same you- as you would retain all experiences and memories of past journeys.
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The very fact that you went back in time is a change- and it'll never be the exact same you- as you would retain all experiences and memories of past journeys.
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Anonymous commented at 2011-07-21 17:40:52 » #820059
That's... Bullshit. Action and Consequence exists, yes, but this sort of butterfly effect crap you're talking about is just bullshit.
You go back in time. You buy a lotto ticket you know won in the past. PROFIT.
PROVIDED, of course, you don't actually do something that will affect the lottery itself.
Just coming back in time... There's no reason whatsoever that will affect the course of the lottery. Thinking otherwise is just illogical no matter how you word it.
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That's... Bullshit. Action and Consequence exists, yes, but this sort of butterfly effect crap you're talking about is just bullshit.
You go back in time. You buy a lotto ticket you know won in the past. PROFIT.
PROVIDED, of course, you don't actually do something that will affect the lottery itself.
Just coming back in time... There's no reason whatsoever that will affect the course of the lottery. Thinking otherwise is just illogical no matter how you word it.
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PumpJack_McGee commented at 2011-07-26 18:52:16 » #825679
The Laws of Probability is basically "What Are the Chances?" and a study of the various conditions which explain why some things are more likely to occur than others.
How does that factor into the Time Travel to Win Lottery scheme?
Easy- nothing's set in stone, after all. You have a 1:1 000 000 000 chance of winning the jackpot at the slots. Playing the slots 1 000 000 000 times doesn't mean that you're guaranteed to win, since the probability resets itself to same ratio every single time.
As for the Butterfly Effect- well, it's true that that is a more dubious phenomena- but do please consider what can happen to a gas line should ever there be a stray spark anywhere along the several dozens of miles along it. The Butterfly Effect simply states that small things can cause big changes.
And warping the Time/Space Continuum through Time Travel is no small change.
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The Laws of Probability is basically "What Are the Chances?" and a study of the various conditions which explain why some things are more likely to occur than others.
How does that factor into the Time Travel to Win Lottery scheme?
Easy- nothing's set in stone, after all. You have a 1:1 000 000 000 chance of winning the jackpot at the slots. Playing the slots 1 000 000 000 times doesn't mean that you're guaranteed to win, since the probability resets itself to same ratio every single time.
As for the Butterfly Effect- well, it's true that that is a more dubious phenomena- but do please consider what can happen to a gas line should ever there be a stray spark anywhere along the several dozens of miles along it. The Butterfly Effect simply states that small things can cause big changes.
And warping the Time/Space Continuum through Time Travel is no small change.
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