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Instead of heat death, the universe will instantly disappear and be replaced with something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
by bitwize 4y ago
Instead of heat death, the universe will instantly disappear and be replaced with something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
- birriel 4y agoI've considered this possibility, but only in the context of the simulation hypothesis. Could you elaborate on what you mean?
- robertlagrant 4y ago> There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. > There is another theory which states that this has already happened. ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
- snapcaster 4y agoSome even say this has already happened before
- panax 4y agoThe probability of a bubble nucleation from false vacuum decay[1] is astronomically low, but the probability that it has already happened is still non-zero. If it did happen we would never know, but if it reached us then we would all be destroyed in an instant. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum_decay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum_decay