4. The Hierarchy of Einstein and the Universe.

What is the probability of Einstein ever existing? What is the implication of even pondering such a question? What necessary events had to occur in order for Einstein's life to unravel for all the reasons we take care to remember? While seen as a pioneer, Einstein mostly synthesized already known ideas. The difference between him and another who may have done the same is the conclusions he came to. These conclusions not only changed things, but they changed almost everything on this small blue world. I know in my life, that I would be most proud to have changed only a fraction of things to occur. We all should feel that way. What is the difference between the probability of Einstein existing, and myself, or even you? What is the difference between Einstein existing and the Universe?

The difference must be a number. Be careful to assume that it is less likely for the Universe to exist, than it is Einstein. For Einstein to exist, the Universe must have first existed. We must change our point of view of what defines existence. What is the probability of an event occurring which directly influences to some degree, all proceeding events within some locale of time and space? In this case, the event known as the existence of the Universe has less of a probability of happening than Einstein. This means that because the Universe happened, it directly influences all proceeding events. That given the Universe, Einstein is likely to happen and not as often as me or you. I am not trying to discredit our lives in any way. Rather, I am illustrating just how much we can accomplish with our lives. That our accomplishments are all the events which we influence, both during and beyond our lives.

To equate this to my model for Evolutionary Systems, we must establish what Einstein was to his system. He among many prominent members of the physics community diversified physics. Prior to these peoples lives, Physics had exhausted its resources in understanding. It was inevitable for it to evolve and diversify. Its only other choice was stagnation. For these reasons, we can assume that Einstein, and many others of his caliber, contribute to the ordered part of their evolutionary system. Further, that the probability of Einstein existing forced Physics as an evolutionary system to evolve, and subsequently diversify, because the probability of high caliber individuals existing is lower than that of the rest of us. We have already established in previous blogs that the systems we discuss as being evolutionary, are best represented as a probability distribution. But which distribution? This is not a question I like answering at this stage, but if I were to guess, I would guess that the distribution would be very closely related to the normal distribution. I will give you my full reasoning for this in a later blog.

The less likely that something exists implies its capacity to influence its environment is greater than the average member of its population. This is observable and evident in any evolutionary system. For example, it is less likely for a lion to be born who happens to be stronger and faster than the rest of the members of its pack. The implication of it being stronger and faster means that it is more capable of making the kill than the next. This changes the environment that the entire pride exists in. It further forces the prey to evolve, to be stronger and faster still. This in turn provides pressure on the pride as a whole to evolve further still. This is what it means to be less likely to exist. The more ordered part of the system has less of a chance of existing, because if it was otherwise, the evolution of the system would lead to more detrimental implications to the environment of which it persists. This in turn undermines and mutates the system into homogeneity. There is a fine line, a optimal hierarchy for every evolutionary system to have. It is at the point where the system's progress in evolution does not undermine its future generations. When that line is crossed, the system homogenizes and it becomes something else than what it once was.

Imagine for a moment, that nothing else exists. Instead, everything that is, is a nearly perfect sifted space of energy. It is static, and of near perfect inhomogeneity. What is the probability of an event occurring which directly influences to some degree, all proceeding events within some locale of time and space? The answer is "a very small probability", nearly infinitesimal. There are many lesser order states which could occur more frequently, but they are not ordered enough to ever make an irreversible set of events from ever happening. A nearly infinitesimal probability of an event occurring in this environment would bring into existence a nearly perfect ordered system. This is under the basis of everything I've discussed in this blog, given my assumptions to be correct. While the probability of this super ordered state to exist is nearly infinitesimal, it will still exist eventually. When you take into account all of time, as we understand it, a nearly infinitesimal probability could occur nearly an infinite amount of times, given all of time for it to occur. What is this super ordered state? By our understanding of entropy, it's first course of action is to break down into a more diverse population of lesser ordered systems. It must do this, because it must correct itself for ever existing, by distributing its energy to ever more local levels. This now is the inflationary period of the birth of our universe. Every transaction between ordered states and the energy needed to sustain them, takes place after this point. It leads the universe to producing things such as you and me, and all the Einsteins to come.

Until next time, safe travels.