I was once told that there are more possible games of chess than there are atoms in the universe.?
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It's a bit of a philosophical question.  The number of moves is roughly 10^134 (ten to the power of 134).  Since the universe is basically infinite, and 10^134 is definately fininite, then nope it's not true.  \nAnother approach is to consider that there are roughly between 10^12 or 10^13 cells in every human on the planet.  Roughly 12 persons contain as many cells as there are moves in chess.  That *cells* not atoms.  Each cell can be millions of atoms, so as you can see chess moves are no where near the number of atoms in even a dozen human beings!
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You really think you can make that work?\n\nBut anyway. if you look at this in the eyes a pure statistician, than the more you play, the more you increase the odds that you win... the more squares you play, the more you increase the odds that you win.. as far as the odds of it actually paying off... god only knows
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Flipping over wouldn't be a problem; the asker is building a magnetic monopole on the ping-pong ball.  \nIs this possible?  Check the ref.website and find "Monopole Attempt".  They say that the other pole would leak out through the spaces between the magnets.  \nSomewhere I heard there's only room for one monopole in the universe.  \nWould the first person to do it be a monopolist?
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A TABLE GAME CALLED CHESS--
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I know how to play table,if you mean the same table as me of course.The thing that usually on the opposite side of the chess table...is that what you mean?Well anyway I know how to play that and I'm damn good :p
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Life is what you make of it.  It could start with little games indoors to be safe.  It would be a board game or a game of chess that gets the ball rolling.  It is about focusing on the fun and not the current situation.
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No because an atom is only a single element and thus such a "universe" would have no chemical composition except for the single atom it would have been made from
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The empty space is not so empty.\nBillions of atoms and much more photons;\n1000 dm3 and 1,000,000 cm3.
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Dont think it so vastly.\nWe know that, dS of uiverse=dS of system+ dS of surroundings\nBecause of System and surroundings Entropy Always move possitively so The Entopy of all Universe Is increasing. Itsgoing to reach his Highest limit.
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Keep in mind that a novel is fictional, as in made up imagination content for entertainment purposes, and thus is more entertaining if the basis for the plot and logic is believable. In reality parrellel universes exist in parrellel, not adjacent, and rarely intersect or exchange matter or energy. It is unlikely the exchanges can be instigated, controlled or predicted.\n\n1)  Universes are in parrellel because the cycle of existence disposes of and recycles matter and energy in a non-random fasion, with high concentrations of some types of energy and minimal amounts of others. Each Nuclide and nucleotide has an intention to its existence, and actually requested it's state of being, so to determine which universe is the origin of which nuclide, just ask it. If your listening in the right way, you'll hear it (Not attempting to mock you, this is how I communicate with matter and it works).\n\n2 to 4) these questions are irrelevant, due to an important factor you've failed to account for, besides the fact that this is all fictional. Once something transfers from universe 1 to universe 2 it goes from stable to unstable, or unstable to stable, because the exchange recombines it into different nuclides. You don't really get what you asked for.\n\nThe science you've read is accurate and correct, but you could use some more study hours in the astrophysics and quantum physics theory labs. I'd suggest checking out my source.
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"...the number of atoms in the observable universe can be estimated to be between 4×1078 and 6×1079. However, because of the possibly infinite nature of the universe, the total number of atoms in the entire universe may be much larger or even infinite."\n\nThis website for confirmation and more info --> http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Atom
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Yes, the endurance and mental concentration required for classical time control chess, where games can last 4-5 hours or more, is quite demanding.\n\nAlso, there are a lot of psychological factors, that are also present in other sports. Much of chess is calculation, but there are also aspects of uncalculable risk.
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It isn't. According to dictionary.com, a sport requires physical activity and compotition. While chess gives you compotition, i don't see many buffed-up chess players.
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Fascinating subject:  On the balance of probabilities, if the universe is infinite, someone identical with you, typed the same question, on an identical computer, on an identical forum and is being answered by someone identical with me.    Mind blowing if you think about it.........
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Please excuse my pesudo-scientific babble...but probably when the actual ramifications of subatomic behavior hit me and I realized what it implies for humanity.\n\n(And that's actually a spiritual answer, believe it or not...)
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THINKKKKKKKKK read books, play chess.
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That is a theory of Quantum Mechanics and it is quite intriguing, I am not sure that I believe it yet. I am sure that if parallel worlds existed I would run into another slightly altered version of me. I would tell me to "get a life and quit spending so much time on the net answering questions like this :-)\n\nSo here is a thought. Suppose our entire universe is just the atoms that make up someone's coffee table in a larger universe and that universe is just the atoms that make up a desk, and so on and so on into infinity. So when some one sits at the table and sits a cup of coffee down, it's game over, lights out, kaboom as the galaxies (atoms) in that area shifted. Of course one day with them in their world is a billion years to us. So perhaps several billion years ago some idiot left his cigarette burning on the table and this created the catastrophic event that created our universe by altering that part of the coffee table. Or maybe I am the one that needs a girlfriend. Oh here come the men in the pretty white coats to take me for a ride. :-)