Abstract Question About Variability in Existence

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Abstract Question About Variability in Existence

Today I woke up asking myself a question that I’ll share...

“If there is infinite time between events and each event can be assigned an estimated probability of not occurring equal to 1/k^(n) where n is the number of attempts. After each event occurs there is a probability that both it and all other possible complementary events will occur again. Then with infinite time, these events would occur again and all possible events occur. What then, makes this experienced reality the only one lived?”

This seemed to go here on this forum because it appears to contradict the non-existence of after-life and determinism.

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