January 21, 2005

If I had a dollar for each year the universe has existed...

...I still wouldn't have half as much as Warren Buffet.
I just read this really interesting article about the end of the universe and what to do about it. The size of the universe, along with the fact that it never ends, is mind boggling enough. Add to that the thought of infinite parallel universes and it makes you dizzy.

Although thermodynamics and cosmology point to the eventual death of all lifeforms in the universe, there is still one loophole. It is a law of evolution that, when the environment changes radically, life must adapt, flee or die. The first alternative seems impossible. The last is undesirable. This leaves us with one choice: leave the universe.

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