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"there is no particular reason to think it is impossible to move stars around: this isn't forbidden by any known law of physics even though we don't currently know how to do it." It just takes a whole, whole, whole lot of energy to move enough stars to clearly spell out "God is real" in a human language, as visible from Earth.RonJohn– RonJohn2024-02-02 16:05:19 +00:00Commented Feb 2, 2024 at 16:05
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But can you do it with one rectangle and one brightness cutoff filter?Joshua– Joshua2024-02-02 20:14:40 +00:00Commented Feb 2, 2024 at 20:14
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1@Joshua - In an infinite universe, sure. Eventually you'll find a picture and a filter that spell out a word, and it will be a total coincidenceValorum– Valorum2024-02-02 22:23:35 +00:00Commented Feb 2, 2024 at 22:23
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@RonJohn Unless it's already there, and the pattern is merely a continuation of existing processes, and the existing processes will equally well erase that pattern and move onto something that we'd consider meaningless. You're arguing that the Gambler's Fallacy could be proof of the existence of God - but of course it's a fallacy, and matching any given pattern on random events doesn't (can't) tell you anything about the nature of the random events.Graham– Graham2024-02-03 10:34:21 +00:00Commented Feb 3, 2024 at 10:34
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@Valorum Even if the universe is infinite (we don't know), our position in this universe is fixed. If Joshua's "brightness cutoff filter" means a simple brightness threshold that keeps everything above the threshold and cuts everything below the threshold, then your argument doesn't hold. It's like the difference between "any sequence can be found in the digits of pi" (true and super cool) and "any sequence can be found in the digits of pi starting from the first digit" (obviously false, and boring). (Also, anything further than 14 billion lightyears might as well not exist)Stef– Stef2024-02-03 12:52:10 +00:00Commented Feb 3, 2024 at 12:52
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