Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The End of the Universe
It would seem very unlikely any natural stars will even form in our galaxy a billion years from now, simply because a vast galactic civilization isn't likely to let them form. Energy by dumping matter down black holes, or by the slower evaporation of black holes, are all plausibly on the table as superior ways to keep the lights on for your stellar empire than by actual starlight. And that doesn't even contemplate higher clock deck options, which they would have had billions of years to research before the cosmological event horizon sweeps away all the stars from sight that you have not colonized. There are still so many things we don't know about the universe, and likely many other misconceptions
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