It probably won’t be us for sure. Where did this heat death of the universe idea originate? First time I’ve heard of it here in this thread. I’m questioning now my participation in Lemmy, because I hated Reddit and this is rapidly becoming Reddit 2.0, just without spez
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letsgocrazy@lemm.ee 8 months agoIf human beings were the only intelligent life in the universe, then the difference between being wiped out by the sun versus the heat death of the universe is so mind boggling big, that it beggars belief.
So many - near infinite - civilisations could come and go.
Perhaps one of them would find a way to endure.
Spliffman1@lemmy.world 8 months ago
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Where did this heat death of the universe idea originate? First time I’ve heard of it here in this thread.
It came from Kelvin’s work on thermodynamics in the 1850s, and has been refined by many scientists since then: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe
It’s also the subject of a famous short story by Isaac Asimov: www.thelastquestion.net
Spliffman1@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The short story looks like a good read, love Asimov’s writing
Spliffman1@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Thanks
SuicideEnthusiast@lemmy.world 8 months ago
because I hated Reddit and this is rapidly becoming Reddit 2.0, just without spez
lmao this place is already worse than reddit. Somehow more reddit than reddit.
I recommend investing your time into a different instance and letting this one collapse.
Spliffman1@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hear hear
Sordid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
this is rapidly becoming Reddit 2.0, just without spez
Becoming? Always has been.
jarfil@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In this case, it sounds more like a them thing.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Oh good, just what I needed with my comics. A side of existential dread.