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"all we do is delay it by another number" 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
by rpm4321 14y ago
"all we do is delay it by another number"
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 > 80
- delinquentme 14y agoThank you. I'm glad someone pointed this out.
- dennisgorelik 14y agoThere are way too many zeroes in that number.
- petercooper 14y agoFor anyone interested in the various guesses at what the number could actually be: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_an_expanding_universe#Timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_an_expanding_universe... That said, it does seem even if we gain a mind-boggling level of energy manipulation, 10^20..10^40 years is a rough expectation for regular matter, as we know it, to continue to exist.
- erre 14y agoTrue, but I think it illustrates his point further: given enough zeroes, it's close enough to infinity that it doesn't matter :)