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The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

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[-] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago

It also makes a pretty bold claim about us actually knowing the lifespan of the universe.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's not bold, we've known how long the universe will last for decades now.

[-] ogmios@sh.itjust.works -1 points 16 hours ago

Just because someone tells you something, doesn't mean they actually know what they're talking about. fyi

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

When multiple fields of science all agree, yeah they know what they're talking about.

I just don't get these anti-science types...

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

How are they defining the end of the universe?

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

The universe is believed to end just a few nanoseconds before a monkey finishes writing Hamlet.

[-] BennyInc@feddit.org 25 points 1 day ago

Probably very shortly after dinner has been served at that restaurant.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

I think that was just a galaxy, not the whole universe.

[-] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

You mean the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

Hmm.... i sit corrected.

[-] fuzzyleonardo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

But what does the Lord think about this?

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Heat death would be my assumption, so between about 10^100 and 10^106 years

[-] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

We know such an infinitesimally small amount about what is actually happening in the universe that any claims to be capable of predicting it's end are patently absurd.

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