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New interpretations suggest the "heat death" hypothesis might not hold (2023)

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delichon ◴[30 Aug 25 16:16 UTC] No.45075821[source]▶

  As such, the second law appears to hold a chilling prophecy for humanity in the very long term.
The idea that our species is so uniquely capable of transcending extinction and surviving long enough for the fate of the universe to be relevant to it is optimistic to the point of absurdity. It fits the evidence better to suppose that we're particularly capable of self destruction.
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1. delecti ◴[30 Aug 25 18:42 UTC] No.45076994[source]▶
Humans are the only species in the known* universe to have deliberately left their home planet. We may not be fully capable of it, but we are indeed more capable of transcending extinction than any other known species.

* - which is certainly a small sample