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Maybe the universe is a closed system, but reaching the "Singularity" before we reach maximum entropy is probably more likely.
by jksmith 18y ago
Maybe the universe is a closed system, but reaching the "Singularity" before we reach maximum entropy is probably more likely.
- scott_s 18y agoOur "plate" is probably not all of the known universe. We may never leave this solar system.
- jksmith 18y agoWhich makes for another interesting issue. Some Packlid may be reading this and thinking, "What do you mean "we" human?" Kurzweil may still (already) be proven right, whether we make it happen or not. Just some whimsy for thought.
- GHFigs 18y agoWhat makes you think that?
- scott_s 18y agoCharles Stross, a science fiction writer, has an interesting essay about the difficulties involved: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the_high_frontier_redux.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the_high... His conclusion is that it's unlikely, and I agree.