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Big_carrot_69 OP t1_j2bikho wrote

Reply to comment by _TickleMeElmo_ in Eli5: I don't remember who, but a scientist or skeptic said that if we ever figured out how the universe works, it would destroy and recreate itself. Why would that be though? by Big_carrot_69

I was thinking (after reading the gateaway process project by CIA, the declassified stuff) that maybe, consciousness is the real entity/force that creates everything in a form of a delusion or hologram in an attempt to understand it self. But maybe, every time it does come to an understanding it's not enough and destroys itself.

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drafterman t1_j2bqct1 wrote

Ok, but in terms of your question, it is a concept from a science fiction comedy author, not an actual scientific concept anyone expects to happen.

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ryschwith t1_j2bqs4d wrote

The Gateway Process stuff was a bunch of hooey. The CIA report on it is simply someone summarizing what the process purported to be and not immediately dismissing it. Neither that nor Douglas Adams should be taken as anything more than amusement (and prefer Douglas Adams for that purpose, he was much better at it).

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