End of universe theories (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, July 01, 2015, 19:36 (3219 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: Comment: This article anticipates a definite end, nothing cyclical. It describes a universe that has a definite beginning and a definite end. This means a new universe will have to have a new creation[/i].
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> dhw: Great balls of fire, folks, I predict that in just 100 years' time there will be what we experts call the “Big Oops”. Someone will realize that there have been some almighty blunders in current calculations and observations, and the universe is just going to go on doing what it's always done - pumping things out, sucking things in, building and demolishing for ever and ever, amen. Please can I have a grant?-No. You forget that space may be concave or convex or flat. Every evidence for the past 50 years says flat, so we get either rip or cold, unless the evidence has a drastic change, which I do not expect.