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| From | gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? |
| Date | 2015-09-15 10:39 -0500 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <mt9e4v$7t3$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <rtydnYrx1JmOgGXInZ2dnUU7-fednZ2d@giganews.com> |
On 9/15/2015 8:28 AM, Sam Wormley wrote: > After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? NT => New Thought or change of subject > >> Physicist: If you wait forever, then you might see something happen. >> But the more practical answer is: no. >> NT=>The universe does a lot of stuff (for example, NT=> whatever you did >> today), but NT=> literally everything that ever happens increases entropy. >> In some sense, the increase of entropy is equivalent to NT=> the statement >> “whatever the most overwhelmingly likely thing is, NT=> that’s the thing >> that will happen”. NT=> For example, if you pop a balloon there’s a >> chance that all of the air inside of it will stay where it is, but it >> is overwhelmingly more likely that it will spread out and mix with >> the other air in the room. NT=> Similarly (but a little harder to >> picture), energy also spreads out. NT=> In particular, heat energy always >> flows from the hotter to the cooler until everything is at the same >> temperature (hence the name: “thermodynamics”). >> >> NT=> If you get in front of that flow you can get some work done. >
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After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 08:28 -0500
After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 08:13 -0700
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 11:15 -0500
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-15 12:40 -0500
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 19:03 -0400
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 21:50 -0700
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 22:02 -0700
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 22:19 -0700
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 07:44 -0500
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 07:41 -0500
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 07:40 -0500
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-15 10:39 -0500
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 16:10 -0700
Re: After the heat death of the universe will anything ever happen again? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-15 20:17 -0700
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