Today’s Lucky Ten Thousand
XKCD rolled out a comic not long ago about something that is very near to me. I know that there are some things that I know and other people don’t. Actually, most people don’t. I hear about it almost every day, practically every week. I know a lot, my T’s head is very wide (I’ll get to that momentarily) but I really try not to make fun of people or condescend the fact that I know stuff. I can also admit that there are things I don’t know or don’t get: Like finance or Computation Theory. But when there comes a time when I know something and other people don’t, I do my best to explain it. Because it’s fun. It’s fun to explain, it’s fun to see understanding and it’s especially fun because it enables more fun when there are more knowledgeable people. So what are we doing today… Heat Death – is one possible scenario for the end of the universe and, in fact, one of the more likely ones and one most touted (claimed to be, spread around, shouted from the roof tops) in science in general. The theory basically states that the universe is expanding and, as there are not other apparent affectors, will continue to expand until all the energy present in the universe will be smooth and spread so thin that everything will achieve a consistent temperature close to absolute zero and thus all thermodynamic activity will cease and not more changes can occur. As the saying goes, Continue Reading →
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