• Question: If the universe is infinite does that mean there is an infinite number of “me”s?

    Asked by anon-181546 on 11 Jun 2018.
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      Alexandra Hogan answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      What a great question! Some scientists might say ‘yes’. However the chance of there being another person with exactly your genetic makeup, likes and dislikes, history, and so on, is what might be described as “infinitesimally small” – therefore there is only one “you” or “me”. It’s more likely that there would be other life forms somewhere in the universe. It’s a bit mind-boggling to think about, I reckon.

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      Lauren Burns answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      Some may say yes, but others may say there are an infinite number of diversities. It depends on whether you think an infinity divided by an infinity is one, or an infinity divided by an infinity is an infinity, so really, it is a question for mathematicians!

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      Joanne Sharpe answered on 12 Jun 2018:

      I’m in no way an expert on infinite universes, but going by the nature of something being infinite, I guess it does!

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