Lost in Space

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8.27.2005

No one installs a stop sign until somebody dies

I always thought our sun would collapse on us, but it looks like Milkyway is on a crash course to Andromeda. I like this quote:

"Our saving grace is that we have about 5 billion years left before we get swallowed up by Andromeda. Nevertheless, it's amazing to see so far in advance how planet Earth and our own galaxy will ultimately end. Glad to say I won't be around when the fireball happens."

And what of those who will be around?

If we are not gobbled up by flesh eating nanobots, killed off by a rabidly spreading virus or enslaved by an artificial intelligence, mankind may very well achieve immortality (The book I'm reading makes a very convincing case). What then, will be done about this eventual galatic pile up?

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