Sim Theory

John Newman jnn at synfin.org
Wed Sep 21 03:15:40 PDT 2016


> On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:39 PM, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 09/20/2016 09:22 PM, Tom wrote:
>> btw, I'd suggest reading Phil Plaits 'Death from the Skies!'. In this
>> book he examines a couple of scenarios how the universe might end (among
>> a couple other ways how we could die). Very fun read.
> 
> There's The Killing Star by Charles R. Pellegrino and George Zebrowski.
> Death by relativistic bombardment.
> 

I was trying to get a copy of this book a
while back but it's out of print and used
prices were high (like $30).... I don't 
suppose anyone has an ePub they could
shoot me?  Or is it worth $30 for a 1995
paperback, maybe so...

BTW Mirmir I've read and enjoyed Accelerando
and Diaspora... I'll have to check out the
Jean le Flambeur stuff....

John


> https://www.reddit.com/r/Frisson/comments/1j08oq/text_excerpt_from_the_killing_star_by_charles/
> 
>>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 06:07:56PM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 3:48 PM,  <xorcist at sigaint.org> wrote:
>>>> I find it difficult to believe in the heat death of the universe. The Big
>>>> Crunch makes sense to me. The universe expands for a time, and collapses.
>>>> Like breathing.
>>>> But continual expansion with the universe turning into some cold,
>>>> undefinable soup.
>>> 
>>> Current model really fucking cold heat death will occur. Yet if gravity
>>> is true, yes, no matter infintismal amount, you cannot blow past to
>>> escape it. Thus collapse, or at least steady state in case of repulse
>>> forces, is the required result.
>>> 
>>> It is sad that not even sci fi knows how to harvest from forcibly
>>> diminishing Kelvin, as to revert requires similar energy. But we
>>> will have fun till then, provided we get beyond Sol or the galaxy.
>> 




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