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How to think like a mathematician
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Is It Possible to Cool Something Down to Absolute Zero in a Finite Number of Steps?
All of the stars are going to burn out, sorry if that's a spoiler. And so someone asked when will that time be, and can I go touch one? And I had never thought about that before. There's some maths in this actually, because you can't cool something down to absolute zero in a finite number of steps. No, the universe may go on forever though, so it's going to get closer and closer. That's my question. Eat your mushrooms now. It's not going to be for a while.
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