PolyProse

I don’t think the human mind is capable of retaining the universe’s information. I believe that attempting to grasp the entirety of the universe in our hands would drive us insane. However, understanding the structure of a neutron star’s core may help society with technological advancements.

Computers will do most of the legwork. I believe there will come a day when we solve the 7 Millennium Falcon problems. I believe a day will come when there are more. Eventually, a supercomputer can tell us everything there is to know about matter and energy. Humans are naturally hungry, and everything we create shares this flaw. Our scientific pursuits will feed until there is nothing left to discover. Eventually, the only questions remaining will be those without answers.

We’ll return to the days of antiquity. We’ll ask ourselves where we go when we die. We will question where lost ideas go and how they are found. We’ll ponder over the meaning of life and if there’s something greater. We’ll hold the ones we care about and ask if it’s truly better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. The day will come when we’ll glare with eyes full of madness at computers that gave us no answers. We will be no closer to understanding the soul or knowing if we even have one.

When that time comes, electrons will continue orbiting protons and neutrons. Gluons will hold each other tight. Photons will speed through the universe as always. Galaxies will continue to spin, and ever-expanding space will expand. Time will move forward while we stand still. In that moment, we will develop a new understanding of the world: the universe exists without humanity; humanity exists despite it.