>>>>> Consciousness, creativity, love — all of these things are destined to disappear as the universe becomes increasingly disordered and dissolves into entropy.

Those are evolved traits, and it seems more likely that evolution will replace them with some other traits within a time frame that will be like the blink of an eye compared to the projected decay of the universe.

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andrewflnr 3 days ago | parent [-]

They evolved for pretty strong reasons that have been around a lot longer than a blink of an eye. Namely, collaboration and creativity are extremely good survival strategies.

	▲	astrobe_ 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Flies do equally well, if not better. The only problem for earth life is that anything less intelligent than a human cannot leave the planet with significant chances of survival. Bacteria can however take a ride in our space probes and get a minuscule chance to colonize e.g. Mars [1]. What will go to the end of the universe is self-replicating robots. We have already made the first step in that direction with the AI that makes the headlines currently. No art, no love, no dreams, just brute force. [1] https://astrobiology.com/2022/12/planetary-protection-killin...