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Could the universe be self-aware right now?

>>5081409
Dont hate on me because you think Jesus is the son of God. Do you realize wat an asshole you sound like?

So as I understand it, our entire Universe will die/change at some point, taking out everything within it along with it?

So, even if we escape this planet or solar system at some point in the future, everything will vanish without a trace anyway?

A few questions, then;

How do we know there wasn't a universe before populated and exploited by a super advanced race, or maybe by something completely beyond our wildest thoughts?

And is there any plausible way to avoid destruction along with the Universe, or will it be THE final end for everything that exists?

Also, yes I know there are no solid answers to these questions, and they're purely theoretical pondering, but it's something to talk about.

Dark energy is a mysterious force that speeds up the expansion of the Universe.

Understanding the distribution of this force revealed that the likely fate of the Universe was to keep on expanding.

It will eventually become a cold, dead wasteland, researchers say.

Knowing the distribution of dark energy tells astronomers that the Universe will continue to get bigger indefinitely.

Eventually it will become a cold, dead wasteland with a temperature approaching what scientists term "absolute zero".

Professor Priyamvada Natarajan of Yale University, a leading cosmologist and co-author of this study, said that the findings finally proved "exactly what the fate of the Universe will be".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11030889