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The heat death of the universe
by simlevesque 3y ago
The heat death of the universe
- tomcam 3y agoWhy do I never think of these things
- Etherlord87 3y agoSource? I don't think physicists agree. For a while there was an idea getting popularity, that black holes erase information, but in the recent year I've seen some articles and youtube videos (didn't actually care to read/watch) with titles saying otherwise. To my understanding, the idea behind the heat death of the Universe is that nothing interesting happens anymore, not that there is absolutely nothing.
- tomcam 3y ago> nothing interesting happens anymore, not that there is absolutely nothing. Sorry, are you talking about the heat death of the universe or the last five Marvel movies?
- TeMPOraL 3y agoYes sirs, they are the same picture.
- aik 3y ago1. “The heat death of the universe” is my favorite HN comment of the decade. 2. The heat death of the universe does not mean one gigantic black hole. I’m just a hobbyist but my understanding of the theory is that black holes will continue to form, but through Hawking radiation, they eventually radiate out all their energy until it is all dispersed, ultimately leading to uniformity across the entire universe, max entropy, where “work” can no longer take place. (It is an interesting question then whether information is actually destroyed through Hawking radiation?)
- Etherlord87 3y agoSorry, perhaps I should have marked the black hole as a tangent. The heat death of the universe is somewhen after all black holes "evaporated".
- simlevesque 3y ago> 1. “The heat death of the universe” is my favorite HN comment of the decade Thank you for saying that :)