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[-] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 8 months ago

Also see Dyson's Eternal Intelligence:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson%27s_eternal_intelligence

Basically, if you assume it's possible to upload our intelligence to a computer and run it, then you can keep the energy going to run it for a very, very long time. Well past the heat death of the rest of the universe. It depends on running things in an on and off state to conserve energy for trillions of years. Subjectively, the people in there wouldn't notice that and would simply see their active lifespans go for trillions of years. It's not clear what the limit would actually be.

It's something like Zeno's Paradox. You cut things in half each cycle, but never quite get to zero.

[-] emmanuel_car@fedia.io 26 points 8 months ago

I see someone else is a Kurzgesagt fan https://youtu.be/VMm-U2pHrXE

[-] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

I like to watch them when I need a good existential crisis

[-] smoker@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

May I introduce you to exurb1a

[-] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I know him and have even read all his books

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

I saw that pop up as a recommendation the other day but forgot to watch it until you posted that. Cool video! Weird how they come up with this crazy shit.

[-] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 15 points 8 months ago

I cannot express in words just how much I do not want my consciousness to persist, trapped, for trillions of years of darkness. That would be unimaginable hell.

[-] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 8 months ago

What if there's cookies?

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 8 months ago

I'd delete them at the end of session, like any lemming would.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

For there to be cookies one must assume an eternal cookie banner / pop up telling you this site uses cookies.

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 1 points 8 months ago

There'd only be dark chocolate chip. That's just science

[-] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago

with only a finite initial store of energy, only a finite number of thoughts can ever be processed. This "thermal death" of the universe prevents the infinite hibernation and computation trick from working, thus rendering Dyson's eternal intelligence scenario impossible in a universe with a positive cosmological constant.

My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

[-] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Eternity would get boring, a few trillion years would give you plenty of time to not miss out on anything life has to offer

[-] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

How would you know ? Maybe life really only gets interesting after trillions of years, and nobody has experienced truly great life yet, who's to say..

[-] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

that explains Pantheon really well

[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 1 points 8 months ago

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