What could happen, will happen? A mathematical proof and an application to the creation of our sub-universe

A valid proof of such ‘laws’ as ‘What could happen, will happen’ is impossible as they are false. This paper demonstrates this falsehood (Section 1), provides (Section 2) a formal and valid proof of the qualified law: What could happen with non-vanishing (i.e. positive and finite) probabilities, wil...

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Main Author: Ng, Yew-Kwang
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102871
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19367
http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.am.20130302.01.html
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:A valid proof of such ‘laws’ as ‘What could happen, will happen’ is impossible as they are false. This paper demonstrates this falsehood (Section 1), provides (Section 2) a formal and valid proof of the qualified law: What could happen with non-vanishing (i.e. positive and finite) probabilities, will happen (given sufficient time), and discusses several special cases with specific mathematical probabilities (Section 3). The appendix provides an application of the central result to a very interesting issue of the origin of our universe, proving that it was created, unless another identical one was created.