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The eventual heat death of the universe is an awful time to be alive considering
you wouldn't have long left after the last star finally fades away.
In this scenario there is a small group of about a dozen human survivors who
live in a colony on an earth-like planet that orbits the last star to burn out. The
group know of their impending doom and have time to prepare for it, about 10
years (but feel free to adjust this time if you think of something cool).
Now I fully expect answers that lead to the eventual death of everything from
this scenario but what would this group need to do in an attempt to continue
existing for as long as possible in a universe with no heat?
Note: This would be trillions of years into the future so feel free to go a little
crazy with future science, as long as it makes sense. It would also be interesting
to see how a race of humans with current-day technology could survive in the
same conditions.
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Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. Monica Cellio
So, I thought this site was called "word building", as in etymology. I was very confused by the relevance of this
question initially... Smiley Sam Feb 4 at 19:16
2 The "Heat Death of the Universe" is not "a universe with no heat", but rather, a universe where everything local
the same amount of heat. Being cold won't be your problem, having no exploitable energy differential (ie., no Po
will. You won't even have enough power to run your own body... RBarryYoungFeb 4 at 20:57
1 And the real problem, is that according to our current understanding, the "Big Rip" (expansion due to Dark ener
get us long before the Heat Death does, and it's appears to be a lot harder to forestall. RBarryYoung
3 How can entropy be reversed? multivax.com/last_question.html (Seriously, I'm the first person to link to this? I
be missing some replies...) Lizard 2 days ago
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Get out
I mean, literally. As in "get out of the universe". The heat death of our
universe is by definition not a survivable event. That's the bad news. The
good news is that it takes a very, very long time to happen. So a
technological society has time to develop technological solutions to the
problem.
Some things that might work are:
1.