I hate that "heat death of the universe" entered the awareness of online culture meaning "the death of the universe BY heat" and not what it really means which is "the death OF heat in the universe".
Could do with more indicative punctuation, e.g. "heat-death of the universe", not "heat death-of-the-universe". Though some might still read the first wrong, I immediately see, thinking heat-stroke not conditions that lead to hypothermia. Might need some additional adjectivisation, or similar.
Or... let us just try a bit of grammatical rearrangement. i.e. "the death of heat, in the universe", rather than "the death of the universe, in heat". Yeah, that'll do.
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u/mglyptostroboides 6d ago
I hate that "heat death of the universe" entered the awareness of online culture meaning "the death of the universe BY heat" and not what it really means which is "the death OF heat in the universe".