Re: >H Is entropy an unavoidable doom?

From: Chris Hind (chind@juno.com)
Date: Thu Feb 06 1997 - 00:25:13 MST


>From what I know of thermodinamics

Oh boy! This is great! :)

>On the other hand, a huge finite time is very similar to an infinite time.

If we're all uploaded long before the universe begins to contract, it'll
give us plenty of time (a finite eternity) to think about how to get out!
Perhaps though baby universes? We cannot answer that question. You're
staring long into the future to a time we can barely begin to imagine even now.

"Risk: You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage
 to lose sight of the shore."

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