/sci/ - Science & Math

I made a thread similar to this the other day. We can only hope to be technologically advanced enough to come up with a solution. Assuming we survive even that long

>>5236958
All we need is a galactic civilization; it's practically impossible to die out once you're spread out far enough.
I imagine some kind of advanced radiation-absorbing hull and stringent recycling. Also possibly parking around brown dwarfs where gravitational tidal forces keep moons fairly warm enough to camp in.

Lawrence Krauss once gave a lecture about the fate of the universe and the implications for humanity, should we survive that long. He goes in to a lot of interesting detail.

I think this is it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cnj8MIQ0HY

le enjoy

>>5236928
we use timecrystals to store power and keep small pockets matter from decaying.

>>5237059
>le
The video only barely redeems you.

>>5237061
>timecrystals
wat

I was thinking zero-point energy, finding some way to harness the particles coming into and out of existence on a quantum level. Then us camping out waiting for the new universe to happen.

>>5237069
you know how a crystal has a symmetry in space, repeating the same structure over and over? timecrystals are like that in time, their structure forces it to repeat the same structure in time. small imperfection in its structure will allow small amounts of energy to leak out which can be harnessed.

>>5237079
related:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.2539
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=time-crystals-could-be-legitimate-form-perpetual-mo
tion
http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4772
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-physics-team-actual-space-time-crystal.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22028-computer-that-could-outlive-the-universe-a-step-closer.h
tml

>>5237088
I-incredible...
Humanity shall inherit a dark universe and make it our own.

You honestly think we as a species are going to last that long?

>>5237139
We're worse than cockroaches, of course we will.

>>5236928
(unrelated)
Awesome album, love Iron & Wine

>>5236928
I think it highly likely that by this point we will figure out the relationship between dimensions and peace to another universe. Either that or our model for the course of the universe is completely wrong and we are dealing with another issue entirely like the distance between any two atoms being infinite or something weird.

inb4 people correct me by accurately predicting the course of human evolution and innovation for billions of years to come.

>>5237063
>implying he wasn't ironical
I'll see the video first chance I get

>age of the universe is ~<span class="math">10^10
>idiot[/spoiler]

>>5237059
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cnj8MIQ0HY
cool!