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TULPAMANCER posted...

In the context of infinity, something with a non zero probability will necessarily occur. This is a more careful semantic explanation.

I don't see how that's axiomatic and it even seems contradictory. If something has a 50% percent possibility to happen, there is nothing that says it happening is ontological prior to it not happening. So given infinite time both possibilities still exist. If it was always necessary for something to happen then it wouldn't be a probability and time would be irrelevant. Also your situation requires that event be repeated an x amount of times for the probability to be actualized, which means it doesn't apply to things that exist in infinite time but happen a limited amount of times.

But if you have a proof someone can confirm I'll concede.

Also, a set of elements being repeated and making combinations does not convince me. If something is repeated and has a 50% chance of happening every time it is repeated, it could very well never happen. The probability that it never happens would also have to be infinite unless it happens in a measurable amount of time. I just don't see how it could fail to be a possibility.