The Highest Entropy State You Can Get in a Theory With Gravity

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The highest entropy state you can get in a theory with gravity is just empty space. If you wait long enough, the universe will expand every thing goes away. Aden chatwin davies and i, aven aden was a grad student at calte he and i wrote a paper proving this result under certain assumptions,. But i think the assumptions art are good, and it's actually fascinating.

Welcome to the September 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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