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“Ultimately it increases entropy… let me tell you about the heat death of the universe…”

“No, Mom! I’m still afraid of the False Vacuum monster laying underneath my ground state!”

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If those were likely to happen during our lifetime then they would have already. Now prion disease…

Good night!

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Scare me with prion disease?

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🎼
Elect-ro-weak and Higgs field
Staying in a false staaaate
Tun-nel, tun-nel, it alllll falls dowwwwwn

Then there are no mass-es
And, more, no inter-act-ions
Mass-less, mass-less, no a-toms nowwww

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I listened to this in my head, where did it go?

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A̷̙͂̀̐̾̋̌̒̉̀̿̃͘̚L̴̡̬͓̩͕̭̱̻̹͚̦͉̱͉̪̾͑̾̈͘Ļ̸̢̛̤̯̦͇͉̭̱͚̜̰́̂́̃͐͛́͗͊̾́͗̑̏̄͘͜ ̷̢͈̏̈́̀̈́̀̀̆B̶̢̡͙͉̖̰͓̯͎͉̣͇͆̅̄͛̅̈̌̉̑͘͝Ę̴̨̖̜̺̮̟̻̱̬̮͉̯͕͇̰̺͌̐̓̐̍̇̆̄̔Ĉ̸̢̢̡̧̛͉̩̭̭͇̞͇͇̲͙̺̱͆̑̊͊̌͑̚̚͘͝͠ͅÖ̷̢̫̐͌M̵̨̼͚̝̝̳̿̏̈́̈́̐̽͘͝ͅE̵̡̼̖̺̩̪̥͖̣̻̺̎͌̾̈̈̂͆͒̕S̸̼̒͛̈ ̶̠͙̦̰͕̻̪͕̟̻̮̹̰͎̣̅̊̀̌̋̐̀̏̽̎̇͑̄͘͘͠T̴̨̤̲͉̟̞̙̫͉͂͆̔͊͛͌̍̈͊̈́̈́̽̕͜ͅH̵̱̬̭͖̙̜̲̘͔̬͆͊̈̏ͅĘ̵̧̳̮̤͖̫̪͍̦͖̖̯̥͈̦̈́̈́͋͐͆̒̆̈́͊̾͘̕͠ ̵̖̜̫͇͙͐̿̃́͊͑̀́̈́̀̉͋͌͒̓͝V̴̡̭̺̻͊͑̿́͒O̸̡͕̫̦̞̫̘͈̻͎̳̊Ḯ̷̖̥̫͖͉̖̜͚͕̹̣̙͚̯̯́̊̉̄́͛͑͌̃̄́̓̈͜͜D̵̨̢̛̳̻͓̘͙̞͍̠̺͖͓̟̳͌̊͋̿̀͑̈́̏̆̀̒̒̈̄̇́

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So scientists are not entirely certain about the heat death of the universe. The heat death is the most reasonable prediction given what we know but there could be a force acting across the universe that may very slowly reverse the expansion of the universe that we have yet to discover and cause a big crunch over a ridiculously large amount of time. The fact is predictions that far in the future aren’t really very useful.

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Does quantum foam occasionally spawn a new big bang

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I don’t know enough to answer that, sorry.

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I read a SciFi book where there was a group in the world that does general science in the name of averting the heat death of the universe.

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Ah yes, the ol’ “If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?” approach to preventing the death of the universe.

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Yes, this answer, the kid fucked around (asked questions), now it’s time to find out.

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Heat. Everything ends up as heat.

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Until the day that even heat dies.

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Well, heat just spread over a larger area but it doesn’t get destroyer nor turn into any other form of energy.

But it doesn’t die per se.

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If you consider particle excitement to be the definition of heat and subparticle fields to be different forms of energy then it does actually change, but that’s just semantics.

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If all discernable heat is unobservable and unobtainable, then semantics don’t matter. Everything still dies. I’d include “heat” in that mix, but that’s waxing philosophical

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5 points

Well not all sound.

But yes 99.99%

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So where do smells go?

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Just open a window. I’m sure they noticed, but they’ll be cool about it.

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they get trapped in your nose hairs, this is why old people have really stinky noses.

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Really? How can you smell?

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I imagine a physicist would invoke entropy to describe the diffusion of pressure waves and vibration into other forms of energy. Neuroscience might explain the propagation of signals from the cochlea into the brain. A psychologist could hypothesise on the influence of music on our mood and ideas. A philosopher might talk about the influence of music on the way we build our society and how that feeds back into our music. In this way, the music never stops, it continues on as echos rippling through through the universe.

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I think this is my favorite comment I’ve read on Lemmy so far.

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We didn’t start the music, it was always playing since the world was turning

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Beautiful. We are just one of many instruments that express the music.

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You absorb it into your soul and it changes you irreversibly forever.

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As the waves from ocean, the music crashes on the beaches in your ears

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Like sand through your beer glass, these are the waves of our lives

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And slowly erodes it.

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What?

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