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Crosmando: Does "success" really matter in the end?
Does people remembering who you were after your death even matter when you won't be around to appreciate it?
First define "success".
If by success you mean leading a life, that will ensure that the people you leave behind, remember you with love and affection after you're gone - then I'd say: yes, that's the kind of success, that matters in the end - even if you are not around anymore to "appreciate" it.

If by success you merely mean money and fame...then: nope.
Success is having the time to stop and smell the roses.
Maybe sit on the porch and have a beer while watching the sunset.
Or be out on a boat or jetty early in the morning fishing ... even if you don't catch any fish.

Perhaps the biggest success of all, is to survive long enough to know who you are.

All success though is fleeting and eventually fades ... sooner or later.

Even the memory of you is eventually lost and doesn't take long to be vague before that.

No-one lives forever, and if they did, that might qualify as a success.

True success is to not care about success.
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Breja: "In the end"? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.
The perfect tagline for games-as-a-service!
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Breja: "In the end"? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.
I think that's quite wrong. Everything ends, eventually.
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Breja: "In the end"? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.
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Lifthrasil: I think that's quite wrong. Everything ends, eventually.
Well, that is the conclusion he came to as well in the Doomsday Clock.
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Breja: "In the end"? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.
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Lifthrasil: I think that's quite wrong. Everything ends, eventually.
nah , plenty of things dont
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Lifthrasil: I think that's quite wrong. Everything ends, eventually.
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Orkhepaj: nah , plenty of things dont
Examples?

Hint: the universe itself will end in one way or the other, with everything in it.
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Orkhepaj: nah , plenty of things dont
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Lifthrasil: Examples?

Hint: the universe itself will end in one way or the other, with everything in it.
no it wont , do you have any evidence it will?
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Lifthrasil: I think that's quite wrong. Everything ends, eventually.
Yep, everything ends due to Entropy.

That's not to say something else can't be born from the entrails ... or end trails.

But it is unlikely there will be a caterpillar/butterfly relationship, that makes it recurring ... I could be wrong though.
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Lifthrasil: I think that's quite wrong. Everything ends, eventually.
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Timboli: Yep, everything ends due to Entropy.

That's not to say something else can't be born from the entrails ... or end trails.

But it is unlikely there will be a caterpillar/butterfly relationship, that makes it recurring ... I could be wrong though.
entropy is false , there wont be entropy
why would it be?
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Timboli: Yep, everything ends due to Entropy.

That's not to say something else can't be born from the entrails ... or end trails.

But it is unlikely there will be a caterpillar/butterfly relationship, that makes it recurring ... I could be wrong though.
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Orkhepaj: entropy is false , there wont be entropy
why would it be?
I know you're just trolling. But if, for a change, you are actually interested in an answer and in learning something, you might want to read a book on thermodynamics. The constant increase of entropy (in the mean) is one of the laws of nature. You can decrease entropy locally, but only by increasing it more somewhere else.

Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics
And then follow up with the publications cited in that article and try to understand them.
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Orkhepaj: entropy is false , there wont be entropy
why would it be?
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Lifthrasil: I know you're just trolling. But if, for a change, you are actually interested in an answer and in learning something, you might want to read a book on thermodynamics. The constant increase of entropy (in the mean) is one of the laws of nature. You can decrease entropy locally, but only by increasing it more somewhere else.

Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics
And then follow up with the publications cited in that article and try to understand them.
that's false
with gravity if you have an entropic area it will start forming stars , thats how stars made , from dust which was more or less in entropy
just look around, entropy is the opposite is what is happening in the universe, nonstop forming celestial bodies then they grow into stars and stars radiate out energy and matter and this probably repeats

Second law of thermodynamics is as much truth as newtons laws these are sort of true for a limited system.
If you would read what you suggested you would know second law of thermodynamics is about entropy in a limited boxed system, it says nothing about the universe
from your wikipage:
"The second law of thermodynamics establishes the concept of entropy as a physical property of a thermodynamic system. "
and what is a thermodynamic system?
"A thermodynamic system is a body of matter and/or radiation, confined in space by walls, with defined permeabilities, which separate it from its surroundings. "
WALLS do you see walls in space? :O

So again we can see I'm way smarter than you are, and all you get from this is I'm trolling. Just because your knowledge is very limited compared to mine.
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Post edited July 29, 2021 by Orkhepaj
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Orkhepaj: Second law of thermodynamics is as much truth as newtons laws these are sort of true for a limited system.
If you would read what you suggested you would know second law of thermodynamics is about entropy in a limited boxed system, it says nothing about the universe
from your wikipage:
"The second law of thermodynamics establishes the concept of entropy as a physical property of a thermodynamic system. "
and what is a thermodynamic system?
"A thermodynamic system is a body of matter and/or radiation, confined in space by walls, with defined permeabilities, which separate it from its surroundings. "
WALLS do you see walls in space? :O
Yes, the event horizon of the universe. The universe as a whole is a thermodynamic system.
Personal Satisfaction’

According to me this is the most important thing that needs to be their with us at the end of the day. We need to feel complete with all to-do list we have or will have or even for that matter had in our lives. At the end of each day we should feel like we have accomplished something or at least helped someone accomplish something.
Post edited August 02, 2021 by paula_g
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Orkhepaj: Second law of thermodynamics is as much truth as newtons laws these are sort of true for a limited system.
If you would read what you suggested you would know second law of thermodynamics is about entropy in a limited boxed system, it says nothing about the universe
from your wikipage:
"The second law of thermodynamics establishes the concept of entropy as a physical property of a thermodynamic system. "
and what is a thermodynamic system?
"A thermodynamic system is a body of matter and/or radiation, confined in space by walls, with defined permeabilities, which separate it from its surroundings. "
WALLS do you see walls in space? :O
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Lifthrasil: Yes, the event horizon of the universe. The universe as a whole is a thermodynamic system.
I see you again talk about things you probably have no idea what they are

Event horizon is just given distance on a given time, it is measured from universe creation up to observe time how far the farthest event reached, so it is constantly growing, how is that a wall?
For that entropy law you need a wall even in theory, so where is your wall? Not that that law has to be true in larger systems nothing proves it is, still you miss your wall to reflect back :)

"The universe as a whole is a thermodynamic system" :D sure, based on what? Oh, nothing just your assumption which as we can see is based on lack of knowledge even compared to average humans, and we hardly know everything about it
we don't even know how large it is, but it surely has walls to make sure you are right :P

press the - to accept defeat :)
Post edited July 30, 2021 by Orkhepaj