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Scientific American:

An accelerating universe wipes out traces of its own origins. “The window during which intelligent observers can deduce the true nature of our expanding universe might be very short indeed. Some civilizations might hold on to deep historical archives, and this very article might appear in one—if it can survive billions of years of wars, supernovae, black holes and countless other perils. Whether they will believe it is another question.” There is no persistence of memory.  How would one store Asimov’s ‘Encyclopedia Galactica’ for perpetuity ... ?

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