A fairly common response on Twitter is to point out various minor infelicities in such videos. I always find this... odd, and must admit anticipation of that reaction is making me increasingly hesitant to post things like this.
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"Timelapse of the Future" (by @musicalscience , via @juanbenet) is stunning: an evocation of the entire future of the Universe. The rate of time doubles every 5 seconds, through ~400 doublings(!!). Gorgeous. We're in a golden age of explanation, IMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA …pic.twitter.com/iJjtNxE2UR
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I believe Dirac's sole response to "Madame Bovary" was to point out that the sun rose twice on one day. Criticism is useful when making stuff, though it must be subordinate to imagination. After the fact, most criticism is low quality, & seems mostly about dull status games
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Thanks for coming to my slightly irritated TED talk!
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Most, perhaps even all, of those things will happen if and only if people want them to.
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What a great (implied) set of questions! Just how much contingency is there in the futures in this (class of) video? What human choices would make it really radically different?
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I find myself watching it back repeatedly. One thing which makes it great is that the less you see of the video, the more it makes you wonder (about all the leftover doublings)
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That's a really interesting observation. I watched it in several parts, and I wasn't entirely sure why; it felt compelled. I think you've captured a big part of the reason.
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Great video. Michio Kaku inspired ?
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No idea.
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This video made me remember about "The Last Question" from Asimov. I was reading about the "ultimate fate of the universe" and looks that after "infinite time", a new Big Bang could happen. For me, an video discussing Immortality looks a good sequel for this one.
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