The Parallel-Santas Theory
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 3:40 pm
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It concerns how the laws of science say Santa can not possibly visit 91.8 Million homes in 35 hours carrying 353,430 tons and moving at 1000x the speed of sound...
Well, I have a theory <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://i6.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The Parallel-Santas theory.
If there are an infinite number of parallel worlds, then there are an infinite number of Santas. If he has the almost magical power to merge these universes at one specific point, then he only has to visit one house. All the other houses will be simultaneously visited by the myriad of parallel Santas.
There will inevitably be divergence, but we only need there to be 91.8 million Earths with Santas which overlap our reality closely enough for the chimney alignment to be within acceptable tolerances.
Universes which diverge more strongly to our own will none the less have sufficiently similar Earths closer to them in the trans-dimensional continuum.
The effect is a complex web of similarities being bridged by Santas.
An interesting question arises when one considers the consumption of trans-dimensional mince pies. Although they occupy the same time and space, their phase alignment will be significantly different. The resultant poly-dimensional multi-phase density of the pastry would probably result in severe indigestion.
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It concerns how the laws of science say Santa can not possibly visit 91.8 Million homes in 35 hours carrying 353,430 tons and moving at 1000x the speed of sound...
Well, I have a theory <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://i6.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The Parallel-Santas theory.
If there are an infinite number of parallel worlds, then there are an infinite number of Santas. If he has the almost magical power to merge these universes at one specific point, then he only has to visit one house. All the other houses will be simultaneously visited by the myriad of parallel Santas.
There will inevitably be divergence, but we only need there to be 91.8 million Earths with Santas which overlap our reality closely enough for the chimney alignment to be within acceptable tolerances.
Universes which diverge more strongly to our own will none the less have sufficiently similar Earths closer to them in the trans-dimensional continuum.
The effect is a complex web of similarities being bridged by Santas.
An interesting question arises when one considers the consumption of trans-dimensional mince pies. Although they occupy the same time and space, their phase alignment will be significantly different. The resultant poly-dimensional multi-phase density of the pastry would probably result in severe indigestion.
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) at the other end, constantly reloading the parcel area of the sleigh, thus meaning that santa only needs to carry enough to do the local deliveries.
