Could the human race out live the universe?

Question

Do you think it's at all possible for our race to out live the universe? If so, what sort of odds would you give us?

To address author d. Even though we may be entirely different in billions of years biologically, let's think of whatever we develop into by that time as the same thing we are now.

Answer 1

I'll bet if dinosaurs had invented Yahoo Answers, one of them would have asked this very same question.

Answer 2

If we discover some sort of stasis field or container. "Stasis" is a theoretical condition of matter in which no time passes; hence the energy levels cannot change, the temperature cannot change and the electron bonds cannot be broken or formed. An object in stasis would effectively be invulnerable to all harm. A person in stasis would perceive no time passing until the stasis field was turned off or the container was opened.

[Experts differ as to which type of stasis is more likely to be possible or to be developed; the projected field or the enclosed container. Each would have immediate and widespread uses in industry, technology, science and warfare.]

A stasis system would, practically, separate the protected elements from the entropy gradient of the universe, making it possible to perform experiments on the nature of Time.

People protected by stasis could theoretically outlast the expected end of the universe, but they might emerge into a universe where nothing else but themselves existed-- no food, no water, no energy, no resources, just a slow and inevitable death.

I am unable to estimate the odds for such an event.

Answer 3

well that is hard to imagine, it is a nice thought but we will probably reach our peak before then, modern science has proven that things in the universe a prone to destroy themselves after reaching their golden age. This is because noone will do anything and that will ultimately seal our fate. But then again that might be wrong, and we could die right now from a cloud of darkmatter reaching the sun or a bunch of antimatter blowing us up, sad thing is that we won't even see these things coming, but remember once the sun goes out you still have a few seconds- just a really nice thought.

lol but why concern yourself with this, of course we will out live the universe!

Answer 4

Cosmological theories predict either thermodynamic death of a big crunch at the end of the universe. In case 1, we will run out of energy and will not survive. In case 2, all order will be destroyed (including the order in the human genome) and we will not survive. Of course, humans will probably come to an end for other reasons well before either case for the fate of the universe plays out.

Answer 5

No, because seeing as the end of the universe is a long time away, and the human race is constantly evolving, what survives will no longer fit our definition of 'human' any more than our definition of lunch fits the first set of amino acid to link up in the primordial soup

Answer 6

Living organisms - Yes
Human beings - No

Answer 7

We are part of the universe. How could we exist outside it? I suppose if someone could answer those questions, it would work - but so far, we seem abysmally unprepared.

Answer 8

No. The universe will "die" when all the free energy is used up. Without free energy, we'd be dead too.

Answer 9

no chance of outliving the universe.because if universe is destroyed everything is destroyed.when everything is gone,we come under that everything.therefore we really cant outlive the universe

Answer 10

I'd be very surprised if we can live out the next ten years.