Hi guys. I need some help. I feel kind of stupid doing this over the internet but the anonymity that this board affords me helps me put it out on the table...
I've always been very interested in the universe around me. To me, an understanding of the cosmos has seemed to be much more important than everything else because it seems to portray the grandest of all schemes. However, it seems now that the more I delve into this topic, the more I learn about the end of the universe. From what I have read so far, in one way or another, the entire universe will die whether by Heat Death or the Big Rip or some other way.
After learning about all this, I've become very sad... depressed almost at times. Even if these events won't happen anytime in the imaginable future, what is the point of my existence if, in the end, nothing will matter at all?
I was watching the history channel the other day and these two Caltech researchers were talking about this topic and smiling about it and cracking jokes and stuff, and I was wondering how they possibly could cope with the depressing implications of all their research... So far, I've gotten by with just thinking about other, happier things... how do you guys cope with it?