>>11845269I don't understand how any sentient, space faring species could "let" this happen?
Heat death implies that all matter and energy is evenly spread out and that there are no systems transferring energy any longer. Everything is in its lowest state.
But wouldn't all it take for something to make this not happen is to disturb the system? Just having one particle closer to another would eventually cause them to collect together through gravitational attraction. If you're alive and aware of this, couldn't you just send probes or seeds into space that are essentially nothing more than just a large hunk of trash?
So long as some intelligent species exists that is aware of what the Heat Death is, it could never happen.
