“So even if one believes that life is unique to Earth now, then that doesn’t mean that life is forever going to be a trivial piece of the universe.”
This chapter veered into a different direction than the rest of the book. It was very interesting because it was about future civilizations, and the possibilities of escaping the universe and if we will ever be able to travel light years through space.
Physicists sometimes classify future civilizations into three different categories:
Type I civilizations can utilize all the solar energy hitting their planet and can thus control weather patterns like changing the course of a hurricane.
Type II civilizations have exhausted the energy of their planet and can now harvest all the energy from their star. They would be able to control such things like solar flares and be able to ignite other stars.
Type III civilizations have exhausted the power of their star and have now colonized other portions of its home galaxy. They are able to utilize energy from about 10 billion stars.
We can estimate that we are about a 0.7 type civilization meaning that in about 100-200 years we may be able to achieve type I status. This means that our generation could be the most important generation in getting our civilization to the next level. It quite possible that our great-grand-children may live in a type I civilization and be able to use all the energy harnessed from the sun. It is also estimated that in 1000-5000 years we will be able to achieve type II status, and in 100,000 to 1,000,000 years, we can achieve type III status.
I think this is a very interesting way to classify civilizations because it is not common knowledge. It very inspiring to know what humans may be able to do within the next 200 years. Learning about the future shows us that anything really is possible, and perhaps one day will be able to colonize other planets in our galaxy.
Finally, physicists classify civilizations on information content. The more information your civilization contains the greater letter your civilization receives, “A” being the lowest letter, and “Z” being the highest. Our civilization is considered a 0.7H civilization, and physicists hypothesize that the civilizations must be of type IIIQ to even consider being able to jump through a wormhole. So, we can see that, in hundreds of thousands of years, if humans can survive that much longer, we may one day be able to jump through a wormhole escaping to a new universe and perhaps starting life again on a new planet.
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ReplyDeleteDear Katrina Skankamawitz,
ReplyDeleteAlthough I know you were forced to write this blog, you still did a great job. The topic was somewhat over my head, but by some miracle you wrote it in a way even I could understand. I appreciate you taking ‘slower’ people like myself into consideration, since you think I’m so stupid.
Nonetheless, I found your blog very interesting, particularly the chapter on dark matter. You say it is invisible mass which coexists with us, but cannot interact with us. This must make it extremely difficult to study it since we cannot see it nor interact with it. The video you added at the end of this post helped me understand the concept a lot better. Scientists and astronomers are able to study dark matter and map it out by projecting light which bends around the dark matter. Using the deformities of the light, they are able to determine the size of the dark matter and where it is located. Why would astronomers spend so much time studying something we can’t even see? Does dark matter have an affect on us in a larger scale?
Also, I’m greatly interested in Chapter 5 as you speak of the possibilities of time travel. I’m a little disturbed about the recurring theme of killing one’s parents in this chapter but nonetheless, it does apply to the topic. If you were to go back into time and kill your parents, you would not exist in the present so you would not exist in the past. You also speak of going forward into time and seeing your future, but by doing so, aren’t you changing the future? And in order to time travel, you would have to hit speeds surmounting the speed of light, is this possible?
The remaining chapters were also of great interest to me; it examines the theory of parallel worlds and how there are other universes, but in which we cannot communicate with because we are running at different frequencies. I am a little bit sketchy as to if this is true, because how would there be someone just like me in a whole other universe if they make every choice I don’t? If they make every choice I don’t, then doesn’t that mean that they would be the total opposite? Since you are a strong believer, maybe you can also tell me if the Mike in the other universe is smarter or dumber than the one in this universe? And what about the next universe over?
Anyways, you did an excellent job in writing this blog. I learned a lot about parallel worlds and all the theories behind it; although I feel it is bull$h!T =).
Thanks for the read,
Mike Fabris