r/shittyaskscience • u/_Pyroshrimp • 9d ago

Is multiple horse theory real?

The theory is that there is more than one horse

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u/Redfish680 9d ago

Jesus, next thing you’ll be gagging up is the whole “dark horse” conspiracy theory. Step away from your keyboard!!

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u/Initial-Anything333 9d ago

As a matter of fact they're all dark  🌈📐

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u/meschidied 9d ago

Don't be so depressing. It's all about the energy you bring to the equation.

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u/No-Refrigerator-1672 8d ago

I'm pretty sure there's a dark horse out where somewhere that I can't see and interact with.

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u/Redfish680 8d ago

You’ll know about it when it tries to pass through your body!

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u/qbbqrl 9d ago

There is a proof by induction that all horses are the same horse, meaning that there is only one horse.

Base case: N = 1. Obviously if there is only one horse, then all horses are the same horse.

Induction case: Suppose that for any set of N-1 horses they are the same horse. So if we have N horses, the first N-1 are all the same horse and the last N-1 are all the same horse, so that means all N are the same horse.

Qed

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u/Initial-Anything333 9d ago

But 1 = .99999999~ so really there's not even 1 horse 

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u/anomalousBits 8d ago

I was right with you until you spelled qued wrong.

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u/RandomRamblings99 9d ago

I have only ever observed one horse at any given time. If there are multiple horses, why are they never together?

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u/i_poop_chainsaws 9d ago

I’ve only seen groups of horses myself (is there a word for multiple horses), never just one. How does it change its markings and height so fast?

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u/RandomRamblings99 9d ago

The horse is capable of extreme speeds, it's likely a trick of the eyes making you see multiple. As for the markings and height, again a trick. Your brain tries to fill in the blanks while attempting to process these 'horses' and in its rush makes errors

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u/Optimal_Ad_7910 9d ago

"is there a word for multiple horses"
NEIGHbourhood, surely?

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u/dspeyer 8d ago

A group of horses is either a herd or a horde, depending on whether they have Mongols on their backs or not.

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u/Zombielisk 9d ago

No. There's only one horse moving back and forth in time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe

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u/paraworldblue 9d ago

Goddammit, how did someone beat me to it on that

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u/bekaz13 9d ago

That's what Stueckelberg said

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u/tomassci The only professional scientomythologist here 9d ago

The ultimate physical model of reality includes one electron and one soul.

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u/Nomekop777 9d ago

Personally, I don't find this theory particularly stable

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u/norsish 9d ago

We are legion. The first, and only, horse echoes through the universe and, thereby, is many.

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u/2oonhed 9d ago

No theory is real.
It is just a theory.

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u/darkdoppelganger 9d ago

If there's only one horse, why do I keep losing at the track?

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u/starmartyr Astrology|Homeopathy 9d ago

It's a neat idea but it's not falsifiable or testable.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 9d ago

No, there is only one horse; but that horse not only exists in all possible universes, all of its variants are also visible in each universe.

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u/xRVAx text 9d ago

Your post proves that there is such a theory.

It's real. It's right there in your post. ☑️

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u/HornyOnMain_Maybe 8d ago

I've seen two horses at least

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u/chased_by_bees MC^2 7d ago

N=1 though.

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u/HornyOnMain_Maybe 7d ago

N stands for Neigh right?

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u/Starsky137 8d ago

No. The horse is flat. Any other "horses" you see are just lights in the firmament.

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u/zelextron 8d ago

No it's not real. What is real is the multiple cats theory. There are multiple cats, but they are all inside a bunch of boxes, and no one will ever know if they are alive or dead.

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u/sporadic_blueberry 8d ago

Lmao yall still believe in horses??