Heat Death of the Universe

[Matthew_Schroeder]

I have a question I'd like to ask, it's been making me wonder for a while:

What would the energy wield of final entropy, i.e. the Heat Death of the universe be? Can such a thing be calculated and quantified, even if one needs to downplay by using only the Observable Universe?

I would assume that the wield would be far higher than baseline universal.

This would be good to scale some characters.

 

[Gwynbleiddd]

The change in Entropy ΔS is given by the formula $ \Delta S = \int \frac{\delta Q_\text{rev}}T $ and it has a unit of joules/Kelvin so i doubt that it's possible to get an energy result for the heat death of the universe, it is after all a natural proccess that prevents matter from performing work.

EDIT: Funny thing, i started learning about entropy the previous week and my profile pic is part of my notes about it.

 

[VenomElite]

@Gwyn aww man, that's nice

Anyway, I'm not entirely sure myself. Then again, isn't measuring energy at universe level and higher pretty much useless?

 

[Antvasima]

Perhaps DontTalk or The Living Tribunal1 would be able to help, if you inform them about this thread?

 

[Gwynbleiddd]

I don't know if it's necessary, as i said entropy is a state of matter/energy rather than the energy itself.

 

[Antvasima]

Okay.

 

[The_Living_Tribunal1]

I agree with Gwynbleiddd here, I don't think it can be calculated just like that. Its supposed to be a state where there is no thermodynamically free energy is left.

 

[Matthew_Schroeder]

@TLT1

Okay, and would surviving in that environment be 3-A or hax?

 

[Kaltias]

Given that it should be physically impossible to move in a similar environment, I'd say it would be hax.

 

[The_Living_Tribunal1]

The heat death is not an immediate event, its when all of the free energy in the universe gets used up. And based on recent models, there are many doubts about whether such a scenario would even happen or if the universe would just become increasingly fragmented into structured sub-systems instead of a homogenous state.

Anyway, if it happens, it just means the system has lost all energy to do work and it happens over an increadibly long period of time. So, there is no real tier that we can stamp to it. If anything, it would at best count as out-living a universe instead of an AP or a dura feat.

In theory, if a character has an infinite lifespan and is immortal, and can seal off themselves from the rest of the universe thermodynamically, then even a 10-B character with human level durability can outlive the universe's gradual loss of useful energy.