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roothorick · 06-10-2003, 11:09 PM

Ok, time to rock this thread from here to Hong Kong.

I have an interesting theory that things recurse infinitely, and in both directions; that is, those subatomic particles are planets, atoms are solar systems, and molecules are galaxies. At the same time, the planet Earth is but a subatomic particle in an atom, which is part of a molecule. And this keeps going until you come to something that's infinitely big, and you come to something that's infinitely small. Neither of those examples are literal; there obviously isn't a proton/neutron/electron that is a perfect recreation of the planet Earth. But you get the idea. (This brings up some interesting possibilities for the outcome of The Matrix Revolutions but I'll save that for a different thread.) Now, assuming that my theory is true, and assuming that every small part somehow influences the big picture, it's automatically assumed that actions happening over time are predetermined. Or are they? No theory is pure black-and-white; that is, I might be neither entirely correct nor entirely incorrect. Perhaps things do recurse, but not forever. And perhaps at that bottom, there's an entropy pool, a source of chaos. Or perhaps it tops out instead of bottoming out; that is, that there's a finitely large object that is "God" as it contains everything and thus has rule over everything. I can't say this enough: you just don't know.

-EDIT- Whoops, so much for Hong Kong... I'll settle with Miami.

06-10-2003, 11:09 PM	#15 (permalink)
roothorick Upright Location: Wisconsin, US	Ok, time to rock this thread from here to Hong Kong. I have an interesting theory that things recurse infinitely, and in both directions; that is, those subatomic particles are planets, atoms are solar systems, and molecules are galaxies. At the same time, the planet Earth is but a subatomic particle in an atom, which is part of a molecule. And this keeps going until you come to something that's infinitely big, and you come to something that's infinitely small. Neither of those examples are literal; there obviously isn't a proton/neutron/electron that is a perfect recreation of the planet Earth. But you get the idea. (This brings up some interesting possibilities for the outcome of The Matrix Revolutions but I'll save that for a different thread.) Now, assuming that my theory is true, and assuming that every small part somehow influences the big picture, it's automatically assumed that actions happening over time are predetermined. Or are they? No theory is pure black-and-white; that is, I might be neither entirely correct nor entirely incorrect. Perhaps things do recurse, but not forever. And perhaps at that bottom, there's an entropy pool, a source of chaos. Or perhaps it tops out instead of bottoming out; that is, that there's a finitely large object that is "God" as it contains everything and thus has rule over everything. I can't say this enough: you just don't know. -EDIT- Whoops, so much for Hong Kong... I'll settle with Miami. __________________ You shall not listen to me, and you shall not ignore any nonsense before me, nor make any idols representing my nonsense, for I AM THE NONSENSE, and there is no other nonsense besides me.