Geek Bazaar


How to end the Universe

Posted in physics by miro on the November 26th, 2007

scicosmos122.jpg

This sounds like from Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, but apparently by observing the quantum state of the universe, we are unwillingly playing dice, and forcing multistate quantum systems to one state, thus setting the outcome of a quantum event!
Just observing the dark energy in the 1998 supernova explosion might have speeded up the decay of the universe…
More here.

I always said the universe is a fun place to be in…

 

One Response to 'How to end the Universe'

Subscribe to comments with RSS or TrackBack to 'How to end the Universe'.

  1. sandro said,

    on November 27th, 2007 at 11:49 am

    woops … as they say.. ignorance is bliss

Leave a Reply