(i) old sf villains tried to conquer it;
(ii) Poul Anderson's "cybercosm" aims to survive it (see Two Ways);
(iii) new physics might "'...lead to - a power to transform the universe.'" (See here);
(iv) "...the expansion of sophotectic intelligence, awareness, humanity's mind-child, through the universe, until in multiple billions of years it was the universe?"
-Poul Anderson, Harvest The Fire, Chapter 13, p. 177.
Might all the matter in the universe be reorganized into a single brain or at least into a body supporting a brain?
If there is consciousness multiple billions of years in the future, then it will be so unlike us that it is surely a matter of indifference whether it is directly descended from us?
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Even Stirling's Draka might FLINCH at the very idea of trying to conquer the entire universe! Think of the colossal time and effort needed to even START such a fantastic effort. Even the Draka might be content with merely a single galaxy.
Sean
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