Dr. Michio Kaku , physics prof at CUNY, proposes to survive past the end of the universe in his new book Parallel Worlds. The premise is repeated in a Prospect Magazine article entitled Escape from the Universe, and in yesterday’s WSJ, in an article entitled “Huddled Up With LISA”.
The basic idea is:-
This universe will eventually die in a big freeze. Before it does so, lets all migrate to another, more hospitable, universe, or to travel back to a warmer, safer time. How? Open up wormholes in space and leave the universe
Here is his 7-point escape plan:-
- Develop a roadmap, a theory of everything, e.g. String Theory.
- Find a suitable exit:- Search for a naturally occurring wormhole. There might be some lying around.
- Another exit might be provided by a black hole. Investigate their properties … send a probe through…it might survive.
- If promising, create a black hole.
- If no good, try creating negative energy.
- If still no good, try to create a ‘baby’ universe.
- Go through the resulting wormhole. If they prove unstable, or too small use nanobots.
All this might require a billion giga-quads of energy, or so.
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Somehow, I don’t think creating a black hole will be promising, but we’ll see.
I think the baby universe might be the best approach. What good would a wormhole do you if the entire universe is collapsing?