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The question you ask is an expansion of the question each person should answer for themselves when they truly realize their mortality. If there is an afterlife then surely it must transcend this temporary universe. A person who believes in that should have no more concern about the end of the universe than than they do about the ultimate corruption of their body. As humans, we are equipped to appreciate, revere, or even detest life. As our knowledge about life expands, it becomes more apparent how improbable and extraordinary life(as we know it) is. We are privileged guests and should act accordingly.
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What does length of time have to do with the value, or purpose, of life? So there might be an infinitely long time where nothing exists. That doesn't detract from the meaning of everything and everyone that did exist.
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You're talking about events that will take billions of years to unfold. To suggest that our life here and now is rendered meaningless by these predictions is to assume: 1) the predictions are accurate, 2) our actions have no consequences beyond this physical realm of existence, and; 3) the end of this universe is the end of ALL universes. I believe that we owe it to the next 1,000,000 possible future generations to build a better life right now.
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