In cosmology, we can use general relativity to map out several possible futures and pasts. Most have an infinite future, but a finite past. How can that be possible? Maybe it isn't.
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OTHER SOURCES
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TIME CODES
00:00 Cold Open
00:30 The Problem
01:26 What is Entropy?
02:02 Second Law of Thermodynamics
04:31 The Typing Monkey
05:17 Law of Truly Large Numbers
06:24 What is Infinity?
08:58 Infinite Future
09:38 Summary
11:09 Outro
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