In “The Singularity is Near,” Ray Kurzweil argues that intelligence is more powerfult han physics.  Physicists are wondering about the big bang and worried about whether our universe will continue expanding or collapse at some point or they point out that the sun will die in a few billion years.  But Kurzweil suggests that we as a society will be so intelligent by that time that we will be able to change rules of physics and make the universe however we want and not have to worry about how it will end.