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Chuck Nice

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StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

We used to get those TV commercials.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Better known as cocaine.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

The second law of thermodynamics says entropy must increase.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Yet, for a surprisingly long stretch, Earth maintained extraordinary order and complexity, enabling life to thrive in stark contrast to the decay and disorder we observed elsewhere in the cosmos.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

That should not have happened, statistically speaking.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

What could explain that rare pause in entropy, that bubble of low chaos?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Could it point to... Could it point to... Could it point to unique initial conditions or maybe even some odd influence beyond our natural forces?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Entering our system.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

The sun is dying.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Yes, it is.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

So that we might have life.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

A different kind of sun giving up life that we might live.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Right.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Okay.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

And then that fertilizes the kelp.

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Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

And the sunlight comes in and helps the kelp.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Exactly.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

And then it's closed circle.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Ugh.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Death of a Black Hole

Oh, porcinelli.