How the Universe Will End

From: Zardoz Ž	24/06/2001 10:05:11
Subject: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 331366
How the Universe Will End The End

From: Mutant	24/06/2001 15:27:12
Subject: re: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 331487
Zardos, I still argue that the most likely outcome for the end of the universe is the Big Crunch, . It is the only think that makes sense. All things that begin should have an end. Since all the best things in science that are true are generally simple, this simple theory that all things that have a beginning must have an end will stand the test of time. We shall see over the next decade or so. Never coming to and end. Mutant

From: The Phantom Menace Ž	24/06/2001 15:35:23
Subject: re: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 331491
People might also like to read this Amazon.com: Excerpt from The Five Ages of the Universe : Inside the Physics of Eternity

From: Greg L. Ž	24/06/2001 16:24:16
Subject: re: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 331518
I still argue that the most likely outcome for the end of the universe is the Big Crunch, see previous thread on this discussion. It is the only think that makes sense. All things that begin should have an end. I must admit when I was younger I also liked the 'Big Crunch' scenario-it seemed more fitting that our universe should end with another singularity (and thus face a possible rebirth) than expand forever into a bleak, dark, unimaginable void. Unfortunately the cosmological observations seem to indicate the universe will expand forever and not end in a big crunch. There is always the possibility this picture could change with more accurate instruments, but I'm skeptical that we will ever have a 'big crunch' at the end, no matter how philosophically pleasing it may be.

From: mick Ž	24/06/2001 16:27:15
Subject: re: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 331520
i know ive been over this before but the only thing that makes sense to me is "no beginning and no end " and that time and space are infinite and as such are clearly beyond human comprehension

From: B.C. Ž	24/06/2001 17:02:11
Subject: re: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 331533
I find the likely end of the universe as being "a big freeze" no more different then if we were to end in a big crunch. OK, people seem to think that with the crunch idea we may again go bang and things would be created again. It does appear more comforting I suppose. But what if it was the other way as evidence seems to suggest it may be. Will we just die out and stars end their lives, BH's evaporate and we are left with a huge lifeless. dead void.....unless of course, as some theories suggest we are but one of millions of universes that came into existence in a similar way to ours, from the same quantum foam, via a BB, and these universes expanded until maybe they and our own could in some way merge or more violently collide. Would this not be the seeds to revitalising the universe again. Don't give up hope yet folks!

From: James R (Avatar)	24/06/2001 17:42:08
Subject: re: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 331551
I suspect the energy densities involved in trying to create a quark-gluon plasma are nowhere near enough to incur any risk of creating a black hole, but I am open to other information. JR

From: Geraint Ž	25/06/2001 7:19:28
Subject: re: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 331855
The Universe does not care what people feel its life should be like, or what seems logical (with their human based perspective). The universe evolves with the laws of physics - current observations tell us that the universe had a start and indicate it will have no end, coasting away and cooling off for ever.

From: Peter B	25/06/2001 16:35:15
Subject: re: END OF THE UNIVERSE	post id: 332207
Mick and Mutant Mick says: No beginning, no end. Mutant says: Definite beginning, definite end. Evidence says: Definite beginning, no end. While a position based on personal philosophy may be comforting to you, why not accept what the evidence says at the moment? It's actually not a bad philosophy in it's own right.