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There Is a Finite Limit On How Long Intelligence Can Exist In Our Universe

StartsWithABang writes: The heat death of the Universe is the idea that increasing entropy will eventually cause the Universe to arrive at a uniformly, maximally disordered state. Every piece of evidence we have points towards our unfortunate, inevitable trending towards that end, with every burning star, every gravitational merger, and even every breath we, ourselves, take. Yet even while we head towards this fate, it may be possible for intelligence in an artificial form to continue in the Universe for an extraordinarily long time: possibly for as long as a googol years, but not quite indefinitely. Eventually, it all must end.

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  1. What joy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Happy Sunday, everyone!

  2. The last question by Mats+Svensson · · Score: 5, Funny

    I asked The Siri about that, and it said: -I dont know what you mean by : How ban the not account couch entropy of he universe beer ass lively deceased?"

  3. nihilist arbys by bitrex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Put my corpse in a canoe. push it through the drive thru as a lit arrow sets my rotting flesh aflame. Curse the godless sky. Bury me at Arbys

  4. Re:Medium.com by gargleblast · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, the mere existence of medium.com is evidence that the limit in question has already been reached.

  5. Re:Medium.com by TWX · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's what happens when you try to surf the web on a Motorola StarTAC...

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