darthy wrote:I'm not sure if you're arguing for an infinite number of intersections or against it but here's why I think it could be against it.
Both. I presented points for both infinite crosssections, infinite number of universes (the latter does not automatically mean the former) and a finite number of interections. But not vigorously defending a single point is apparently beyond your grasp.
darthy wrote:According to "theory" an infinite number of these quantum realities exists. An infinite number of them may exists but the quantum fissure is an intersection of "many" quantum realities. It sounds like it could be a finite number of intersections, over 10 milllion mind you but still finite. Plus what are the odds that one of the enterprise's that appeared just happened to have worf's quantum signiture if the fissure intersects an infinite number of realities? If the enterprises are selected at random and there were infintie then the probability whould be 0 if we use limits P= (lim x-> infinity) 1/x = 0
Oh, look, you didn't grasp what i said at all.
You have three szenarios:
-There are infinite universe and as long as the "quantum fissure" is at the same point in some of them, then they can cross over. If that is the case, regardless of how few universes have that fissure at that point, you'll automatically have an infinite number of crossovers - because infinity times/divided by anything is still infinity.
-There are infinite universes, but you can only interact with those "close to you" in some sort of cosmology. I presented that with a 1D-plane (forwards or backwards, the numbers i used above), but it could of course be 2D, 3D, 4D or more. However, then you can NOT claim infinite numbers of ships.
-There are simply only a finite number of universes. If that is the case, you can again not claim infinte numbers of ships.
If you can not claim infinite numbers of ships, then we can only use what we saw in that episode (and reasonable extrapolations).
Plus what are the odds that one of the enterprise's that appeared just happened to have worf's quantum signiture if the fissure intersects an infinite number of realities?
Again, you do NOT get infinity.
If there are infinite universes, there are infinite copies of the exact same universe. Therefore, the odds of Worf appearing trough a non-limited number of intersections is 100% - in fact it should be infinite itself, there should be an infinite number of these Worfs.
If i were you (and if you actually understoof what i wrote), i would go with the "cosmology"-argument.
Again, imagine a string of pearls (or whatever). This string is infinitely long with an infinite number of pearls (universes).
However, you can only travel a limited number of universes away from your home universe - as if held back by a elastic band or a string. From your point of view, that limits the number of universes you can travel to to (travel distancex2+1) - if you can travel up to ten universes away, you could visit only 20 universes (plus your home universe).
This is a way to have "infinite universes" without automatically having infinity in everything that involves a crossover between any of them. The whole thing can of course work with more than two dimensions. The one thing you can NOT do is to allow travel withut that string - if you can make another universe your "home universe", then you can still travel infinite distances and you get the whole infinity mess all over again.
Or, as i already said:
Do not mess with infinity, because you don't understand it.
You can't have your cake and eat it too. If you want to claim that there are infinite Enterprise-Ds, then you will automatically get an infinite number of them and destroy the universe. If you do not want to do that, then you have a limited number of ships - and that limit is set by what we see in the episode.
If that's the case then I've been misled by Darth Tedious. He made it sound like I write the conditions of the scenario and can modify them if I leave something unclear in the main post.
Yes, you can clarify the szenario. What you can NOT do IS dictate how we discuss your szenario. When we think that your szenario is stupid and doesn't make sense, we can say so and you can't just declare it invalid.