(November 3, 2021 at 8:24 pm)slartibartfast Wrote:This is just one perspective. Not the only perspective.(November 3, 2021 at 7:54 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Stupidest shit I've ever heard.
Ahri do you even understand Paleo's proposition? The Universe is approx. 13 billion years old ie. roughly 13 x 10^9. For a portion of the Universe's life it was completely incapable of supporting life, as no solid matter even existed. Currently we are in the Stelliferous era, meaning stars form, burn Hydrogen into heavier atoms, blow up and spew those into the cosmos to form more stars and planets. This phase however will not go on forever.
The Universe is not just expanding and therefore cooling, but will also go through a number of significant transitions.
When the Stelliferous Era ends, no new stars will form and the Degenerate Era will begin.
Eventually all Galaxies will cease to exist, eventually resulting in the decay of all protons, and therefore even atoms will cease to exist.
The Black Hole Era will take over at which point they are the only thing that remains (including the odd Neutrino blasting into nowhere).
At some point in time even the Black Holes will all evaporate, at which point complete heat death of the Universe will have occurred.
The timespan of the stelliferous era able to support life as we know it is unimaginably short compared to the other eras.
The point Paleo is making is that even our Universe's ability to support life is for a mere blip compared to its entire existence.
"Imagination, life is your creation"