Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Problem of Diversity


In the above diagram Kricher arranges eighteen objects in two vertical columns and then determines the number of arrangements in which they can be combined. By the same method Kricher further estimates that fifty objects may be arranged in 1,273,726,838,815,42,339,851,343,083,767,005,515,293,749,454,795,473,408,000,000,000,000 combinations. From this it will be evident that infinite diversity is possible, for the countless parts of the universe may be related to each other in an incalculable number of ways; and through the various combinations of these limitless subdivisions of being, infinite individuality and infinite variety must inevitably result. Thus it is further evident that life can never become monotonous or exhaust the possibilities of variety. So every one of us is unique and will have a different life. 

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