[Mr.T]

"Bob Cain" wrote in message
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Laurence Payne wrote:
On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:44:40 -0700, Bob Cain
wrote:

Can't quite see how your answer applies to the question. Seems like a
yes or no would, however. Anyway, I really meant to ask: will an
infinite random string contain all possible _finite_ sub-strings?

And must an infinite universe contain all imaginable objects? What
about un-imaginable ones? And impossible ones?

You got ahead of me. :-)

It does indeed seem to be the same question as whether or not all
possible quantum states of any finite volume must exist in an infinite
universe. If so, and if this one is infinite (which I don't yet
subscribe to), then all the mystery about how something as utterly
improbable as what we are immersed in could have happened. It did
because, however improbable, it was obviously a possibility and that's
all that is required.

Sounds like Douglas Adams infinite probability drive :-)

MrT.