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Chiming in to say, the universe is expanding and entropy exists, so I don't think it's infinite.

At least, there's the notion. That exists. It's interesting as how a thought that might be metaphysical could exist but reality might not permit that thought to manifest?

(I know how it works)

Prevailing theory is not that the universe is unlimited/infinite but is in fact of finite (though everchanging via expansion of space) size (volume) but is unbounded, aka no edges it just loops around.

It is interesting. There are plenty of things you can imagine that can't happen physically. What would a proton turned 'inside out' be like? What about an electron with spin 2? A photon with 0 momentum? What if my dog had negative mass?

What if all these words are antimatter?

I'm just saying, how or why is there possibility to think about impossibility?

The mechanism of thought is governed by reality but what is generated by that process is 'not'. I would say that is because the thought itself is really just electrical impulses in our neurons (which are of course governed by physics/reality) and instead it's how we have internally trained ourselves to interpret it is what leads us to something outside the realm of reality.

It's like writing a program to calculate the gravitational attraction between 2 objects, but you forgot a negative sign somewhere so the machine tells you gravity pushes the objects apart, which is objectively not true and outside reality. But everything that led the computer to that calculation was 'allowed' by physics.

It's what I'm saying man, if we follow the universal laws, then why are we able to bend them in our minds and (externalize then in) virtual realms (computers, books etc.)?

So, you're saying we're making mistakes? But, what about deliberately doing it? Why is that allowed? And, do atoms actually make mistakes? I mean, at least we have that which is called conscience and it makes us aware.

There is also the notion that conscience actually doesn't exist and is an illusion. But that's a topic for another day.

Whatever 'reality-breaking' ideas we have in our minds and in media are just simulations, isn't it? Such simulations are not actually in reality, only the method to present that fake reality (code, textures e tc.) exists. Which also makes you wonder about the classic question 'is the universe a simulation?'

A simulation within a simulation within a simulation to infinity?