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18 - Could a Hyper-Advanced Civilization Resist Dark Energy?

Why This Universe?

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The Limits of an Ultra Advanced Civilization

The laws of physics set a limit on how much energy an advanced civilization could collect. This comes from the discovery of what we call dark energy. Our universe is expanding faster than it used to be and that means parts of the universe are no longer accessible even in principle. We know that billions of years from now that we can see and could travel to today will no longer be causally connected to our universe at all.

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