I will illustrate a simple example. If we have a 100x100x100 Rubik’s Cube,
then if you used all the matter in the Observable universe to construct Lots and lots of 100x100x100 Rubik’s cubes such that at least one of these Rubik’s cubes exists in the Observable universe representing each and every possible permutation that can happen, this would be impossible
More permutations exist than plank-volume cubes can fill the Observable universe
Ok then let’s expand the size of the universe to large enough that we can cover it with plank volume 100x100x100 Rubik’s cubes representing every permutation of a single 100x100x100 Rubik’s cube...this universe would be way too small for a GoogolPlex sized Rubik’s cube to be filled by enough rubik’s Cubes depicting every possible permutation of it
And as you keep expanding the universe to make each case possible, you can always then use ALL that space to construct yet a larger single Rubik’s cube whose permutations depicted in other cubes would be much larger than that universe
Hence, if something can happen it will happen requires an infinite universal size
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Nevertheless, consider a mass of 10^31 kg, about ten times the mass of the solar system. We could imagine a universe large enough, in space and time, so that it contains any given _macroscopic_ configuration of that mass. Don't worry about individual atoms, or positions smaller than a few nanometers. In fact, generally you could ignore the precise positions of aggregates of even millions of atoms.
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Quite true. To a deranged mind, anything is possible.
But... Murphy's Law isn't "what can happen will happen", it's "what *can* go wrong *will* go wrong"... So, Murphy's Law doesn't include all the events that can be considered "right".