• Putting time in perspective
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Is the OP Stephen Hawking or something?
Holy fuck. Mind so fucking blown it's unreal. I didn't know about the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe]heat death of the universe[/url] before reading this infographic. Then I read about [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics]thermodynamics[/url] and discovered that everything that happens is a heat transfer in one way or another. And the heat death of the universe is where all energy is expended as heat, to the point where everything is the same temperature and the lack of differential means no [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_(thermodynamics)]thermodynamic work[/url] can happen. It's fascinating that humans have actually managed to make 'something' of all this heat transfer that's just taking place continuously. And it's also a little strange to think that people argue (or kill people) to prove points. But any point is invalid, because it's just heat transfer taking place. And then there's an implosion that kicks everything off and starts the cycle again. The weirdest thing yet, is consciousness. Which humans are still yet to 'crack', or make any sense of.
After reading this I became even more afraid to die. Well, "afraid" isn't probably the right word for it. Anxious maybe? I just look at things this way: there's so much cool and interesting shit going on in the world that one lifetime just isn't enough, in my opinion. I want to continue to experience life, I don't want to just "go away" and let life go on without me. It's seriously depressing.
This sort of mind-blowing stuff is why I love reading Sci-fi novels, especially Isaac Asimov's works. It's just amazing to wonder what life and the universe will be like in not just a thousand years, but also a million years.
[QUOTE=Glitch360;42241666]Thinking about this shit makes me want to go insane. I mean, humanity and everything we've experienced and everything we know seems like a whole lot, but once you look at the big picture, we are as insignificant as a mite on a planet[/QUOTE] It doesn't drive me insane. I believe strongly that something this HUGE, this ANCIENT has become the playground of our species is something I find really, really lucky. That one day we'll control all of this. Numberless and limitless in power and energy, we'll be able to stop the heat death or at least postpone it nearly indefinitely. I'm an optimist c:
[QUOTE=Drag0nSnak3;42275361]After reading this I became even more afraid to die. Well, "afraid" isn't probably the right word for it. Anxious maybe? I just look at things this way: there's so much cool and interesting shit going on in the world that one lifetime just isn't enough, in my opinion. I want to continue to experience life, I don't want to just "go away" and let life go on without me. It's seriously depressing.[/QUOTE] God, I think about this exact thought so often. I can say I'm afraid to die, and also disappointed that I will, one day, to an extent. To an extent because I certainly wouldn't want to live through the whole heat death of the universe, as that would just be literally nothing forever. I'm disappointed that I very likely won't one day see humanity extend its existence to the stars, to other solar systems or even other galaxies. I so desperately want to be a part of the future, but knowing this is futile, I think about what I can instead do now. I want to leave an impact on the world and not be another person to die as a part of a mass statistic. I'm sure this is a similar thought that terrorists and murderers have, the desire to be remembered no matter the cost. I also believe that the human race will never die out. We will find a way to escape extinction, be that time travel, travel through dimensions, or some other incomprehensible survival technique. Like they say, it's human nature to expand and survive. Damn. Shit's gettin' philosophical up in here.
[QUOTE='[Green];42277437']It doesn't drive me insane. I believe strongly that something this HUGE, this ANCIENT has become the playground of our species is something I find really, really lucky. That one day we'll control all of this. Numberless and limitless in power and energy, we'll be able to stop the heat death or at least postpone it nearly indefinitely. I'm an optimist c:[/QUOTE] to stop the death of you universe, you will need to stop the universe expanding. good luck
[QUOTE=Elfy;42282863]to stop the death of you universe, you will need to stop the universe expanding. good luck[/QUOTE] Or instead of stopping the death of the universe, you harness quantum potentiality to create a bubble within spacetime that does not lose heat, meaning that every little bit of heat is recycled endlessly instead of sizzling away into stagnancy. Or something like that. If we don't nuke ourselves back to the stone age or further, I think we can solve it. We may not be able to make the universe avoid heat death, but we might be able to make our own species avoid it. Think about it. Look at the tiniest sliver on that graph. We invented fusion power within that sliver. We invented cybernetic replacements for large portions of humans, split the atom, created an incredibly complex information bridge, the internet, sequenced the human genome, invented methods to birth children without using a female or an egg from a female (really, men can have babies with only sperm, because they can transform sperm into eggs that have the same genes as the sperm's donor), jumped beyond our gravity well, figured out how to make diamonds by recreating conditions within the earth, create nano-polymers on a regular basis, genetically engineered goats to produce spider-silk that can be woven into extremely durable material, determined the age of our rock, figured out how to know what something is made of purely by looking at how light reflects off of it, even billions of kilometers away, and are currently studying the science of memetics, which could pave the way to a new form of life as we know it, which operates off of ideas hosted by physical organisms capable of social thought like humans. Yeah, we've got this. If we don't shit in the bed before we get to work, we'll be good. [editline]24th September 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Elfy;42282863]to stop the death of you universe, you will need to stop the universe expanding. good luck[/QUOTE] It could be done locally.
I find it funny how people act as if something like World War II is ancient history, when it's actually extremely recent. Even something like the medieval period is not that long ago when you start counting how many average lifetimes ago it happened. Shit happens so fucking fast, and it's hard to comprehend because life is so short.
[QUOTE=Incoming.;42244181]Somehow, having the universe just sit down and die doesn't sit right...[/QUOTE] We'll harness the power of a galaxy and rip open a portal to a fresh universe before then. We've got 100 trillion years to orbit 'round red dwarves and harness power from black holes.
Why do people insist on depressing themselves with things like the OP? As far as I care, life consists of everything that happens on this planet. I don't care about how "small" we are in the universe because those "small" things matter to me. When the universe inevitably ends, I won't be able to experience it in any way, so who cares? At least apart from scientific or curiosity reasons.
You guys should leave this for professionals. Here is my take on this: First: The universe is not 2D or 3D it's 6D. This is due to the thermobaric nature of quarks. They join together forming a singularity of thermodynamics, which, in turn, is what really makes the planets move. Second: The cryogenic energies of black holes sent rejuvenating rays towards planet Earth, forming it. This is also how the universe started. So discard this silly Big Bang theory. Third: The picture that follows is a close approximation of myself so I'm automatically right. [IMG]http://www.infoescola.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nerd.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42242948]This puts things in perspective. Its insane how humanity has discovered so much and that so many people still refuse to accept that the universe is not 8000 years old.[/QUOTE] It's 2013 y/o obviously.
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;42328894]It's 2013 y/o obviously.[/QUOTE] Thats how old Jesus is, not the universe.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42331519]Thats how old Jesus is, not the universe.[/QUOTE] How dare you insult the catholic church!!11!
I wish i were born in 2300. It's only 2 lifetimes away from now, but I can see how alot of things would be so much more different. Just consider how much science advanced in the past 10-20 years. And then consider how much more it would have been advanced if it weren't such a niche occupation of modern humans. How many men of science are there on earth?0.01% out of 7billion? Seeing how slowly we evolve, I'm sure that quite soon there will be a big push for artificial evolution of sorts. Cyborgs and stuff like that will be the thing in the future, I'm sure of it.
I think it's time we place a high priority on stopping the heat death of the universe. Who knows how long it will take? Or perhaps after the heat death, gravity wins and everything comes back together... for the infinite big bang?
What the fuck you guys are sick, telling me i have a month left ._. [img]http://i.imgur.com/mslc0JP.jpg[/img]
The size of the universe hurts my brain.
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