Is the Universe Going to Last Forever?

"I am desperate to know, is the universe going to last forever? What do you think?" he asks. "Even in a universe that might come to an end, there's the interesting possibility that we get to have infinite number of thoughts before the universe comes to an end," Hawking says. He adds: "We are able to basically accelerate our thinking process and relative to the skills of the universe,. So that for me would be the ultimate loophole."