Heat Death of the Universe:
It may be a theory, but it really puts things into perspective. We are so engrossed in the mundane things of our life that sometimes we fail to see the bigger picture.
According to the second law of Thermodynamics, which states that entropy tends to increase in an isolated system, over a period of time (That will be trillion, trillion, trillion......trillion years....can even say eternity) the whole of the universe will go from a state of lesser chaos to a state of greater chaos. Food goes stale, iron rusts, bodies rot, trees rot, cloth tears, buildings come apart, stars burn out.... all this will led to an increased state of entropy, which means there will be a time wherein the whole universe will be in a state of energy equilibrium. No energy will be transferred, no work will be done, everything will cease to exists. This phase will be called as the 'Dark Era'.
Where do we stand??
In this long long run from the big bang to the dark era, Are we just a mere coincidence?? or just another chemical reaction wherein the earth was in the right time, right place and right temperature in this chaotic universe?? On the other hand the probability of finding another life form in the universe is so rare that its nearly zero. So in this regard are we special to be in the exact minute speck of time in the universe, in which we have maintained order in the ever growing disorder around us??
As Douglas Adams used the metaphor of a living puddle examining its own shape, since, to those living creatures, the universe may appear to fit them perfectly (while in fact, they simply fit the universe perfectly),
until and unless we do not acknowledge are very own stand in this universe, we will only remain a small phase of time.
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