Big Picture Science - End of Eternity
Nothing lasts forever. Even the universe
has several possible endings. Will there be a dramatic Big Rip or a Big Chill–also
known as the heat death of the universe–in trillions of years? Or will
vacuum decay, which could theoretically happen at any moment, do us
in? Perhaps the death of a tiny particle – the proton – will bring about
the end.
We contemplate big picture endings in this
episode, and whether one could be brought about by our own machine
creations.
Guests:
- Anders Sandberg – Researcher at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford
- Katie Mack – Assistant professor of physics at North Carolina State University, and the author of “The End of Everything, Astrophysically Speaking.”
- Brian Greene – Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia, and author of “Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe”
Download podcast at - http://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/end-of-eternity
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/, and be sure to check out Blog Picture Science, the companion blog to the radio show.
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