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Cosmic fatalism

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Any infinite Universe means that Life and Mind must go extinct in EVERY cosmic cycle or else in infinite time the Universe would be totally shaped by intelligent activity and remain so.

Since this sub-section of the Infinite hasn't been shaped by Mind then it must all be destroyed eventually before the next Cycle - Death reigns triumphant in a Cyclic cosmos. Shiva rules, not Brahma or Vishnu.

Personally I find that utterly depressing as a cosmology and really couldn't be bothered with it. An Infinite-Time Universe I could accept would be like the one depicted in Stephen Baxter's "The Time Ships" (the official sequel to H.G.Wells' "The Time Machine") - the Infinite is shaped and guided by Mind from infinity to infinity.

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