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Vlad__the__Inhaler t1_jcffbw9 wrote

I disagree with your "nothing is given" statement, as the heat death of the universe IS a given. You cant avoid it.

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Surur t1_jcfg3av wrote

Well, it could also rebound and end in another contraction via the Big Crunch.

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Chemical_Ad_5520 t1_jchcxxc wrote

There are a variety of theories about how entropic forces may decay and destroy the universe, but consider that life and intelligence are able to organize parts of the universe in ways that resist entropy. That's evidence of a possibility to organize the universe such that it finds a sustainable equilibrium. Heat death is not absolutely guaranteed.

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Mickeymousse1 OP t1_jcffpe9 wrote

Yes, that is a given. I mean that life isn't a given and now that we got the opportunity we need to at least that this change to know with certainty If it's possible to prevent the heat death of the universe, and we need to survive long enough to gather that much knowledge

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94746382926 t1_jcjdj3k wrote

The laws of thermodynamics were discovered in 1850. So only about 170 years ago. It's very possible we will find flaws or loopholes in this between now and the predicted heat death of the universe. We have an almost unfathomable amount of time to discover new laws that may exist.

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