About the infinite repetition of histories in space

@article{Gil2013AboutTI,
  title={About the infinite repetition of histories in space},
  author={Francisco Jos{\'e} Soler Gil and Manuel Alfonseca},
  journal={Theoria-revista De Teoria Historia Y Fundamentos De La Ciencia},
  year={2013},
  volume={29},
  pages={361-373}
}
This paper analyzes two different proposals, one by Ellis and Brundrit, based on classical relativistic cosmology, the other by Garriga and Vilenkin, based on the DH interpretation of quantum mechanics, both concluding that, in an infinite universe, planets and beings must be repeated an infinite number of times. We point to possible shortcomings in these arguments. We conclude that the idea of an infinite repetition of histories in space cannot be considered strictly speaking a consequence of… 
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