So, the Universe is Infinite. What does this imply? Well, it implies that there are a hell of a lot of things in the Universe, and not the least of these things are stars. We can look up into space on a clear night and see countless stars - and these are only the ones that are close enough for us to see. Now one of the interesting things about stars, is that they have huge gravitational fields and this gravity pulls bits of rocks, and (I think) meteors, etc. in towards the stars, to orbit around them, and eventually these rocks get packed so compactly together that they are (more-or-less) permanently in orbit. Now, you can tell by the way I'm writing about this, that I don't know very much about the details of how planets form, but I know the basics, and that's all we need for now. In fact, I'm so bad at explaining all of this, that it's getting quite boring already. What I'm trying to say, is that there are an Infinite number of stars out there, and so there are an Infinite number of planets orbitting around some (an Infinite number) of these stars, and so there is an Infinitely good chance that there is Life on... an Infinite number of these planets. That sounds logical to me. Obviously, if I'm wrong, and the Universe, in fact, isn't Infinite, these logical laws about there being an Infinite number of stars, etc. in the Universe just wouldn't hold up - there wouldn't be enough space to fit an Infinite number of stars in a Universe that is finite (obviously).
Thank you. I'll soon get working on the section where we consider how Music concerns these guys and gals from other planets in the wide Universe.
friendly_freak
I like your blog. It's not for us; it's for you. It sounds like this is the first time where you can get out these thoughts to paper (well, screen).
My thoughts on your words:
Infinity is not a concept that sits well on the human mind. This is because we have the tendancy to imagine it as something really big. It isn't really. It has no size at all. That means really big things fit inside it. It's probably better to think of the universe written down in code, and the bit that says "size" reads: any. Or whatever.
This might tickle your interest too. Imagine a vast infinite ocean, with no surface, just depth. This is the cosmos. Obviously we could see it with our eyes, so I will have to anthropomophise (lie).
In the ocean are things called branes. These are folded up bits of the ocean that look a bit like bubbles. (I just made that up). Some branes have different amount of dimensions than others. Some might just have three. Others could have ten, they would look very odd and faceted. But what they look like is irrelevent, I'm just adding those bits in because we are visual creatures, and it's the right kind of lie that doesn't interfere with the story.
Our universe exists within a brane that has three spacial dimension (you know,3d) and one linear dimension (time). We didn't always have these. Before the "big bang" our brane was empty, inert. No such thing as size or space (that doesn't mean it was small, remember - it's only code) Then our brane collided with another, which probably suprised the hell out of both of them and certainly shook our one up a bit. This wasn't the birth of our universe, but it was the beginning of time.
These are alien concepts, events outside our univers, and not yet proved. But, like you I am interested in the clockwork of the universe, and my questioning mind has over years led me to educate myself in many areas like this, and quantum theory and philosophy and all kinds of things. I've got a couple of years on you, no more, but in that time I've learned so much that HAS been proved, or at least has promising evidence. There is so much out there to find out, and so much that the scientists know and haven't bothered to teach us mortals yet. Read New Scientist, that's cool. And of course, everytime you come across a theory, the internet will teach you all you need to know about it. Keep working.
Nick
(Ps. I'm looking forward to what you have to say about music and alien life. Just one thing, although I'm sure you've thought of this...in an airless planet, or a noisy one, animal life would have no ears. Do you think an intelligent entity evolved to this enviroment would still have music? Would they have visual, or electromagnetic music? Or use dance? Or touch each others backs in a mathmatically defined pattern? Because I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have anything that resembles hiphop.)