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Freeman Dyson actually had another way to escape the heat death of the universe: by taking advantage of it. As the universe cools, the noise of the background
by saalweachter 10y ago
Freeman Dyson actually had another way to escape the heat death of the universe: by taking advantage of it.
As the universe cools, the noise of the background radiation will diminish. Dyson posits that this would allow us to build an analog computer which uses less and less energy as time goes on-- it could run forever on a finite store of energy.
So even if the universe "ends", we might be able to build a computer which doesn't.
- vollmond 10y agoCan you recommend any reading on this? Sounds interesting.
- quakeguy 10y ago"The last 3 minutes" by Paul Davies[1] is a good popsci read on this topic. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Last-Three-Minutes-Conjectures-Ultimate/dp/0465038514 https://www.amazon.com/Last-Three-Minutes-Conjectures-Ultima...
- rbanffy 10y agoIf it is possible to build a universe simulator that runs for an infinite amount o time, it's infinitely more likely we live in it than in a real universe.