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"One notion is that perhaps the singularity was the relic of an earlier collapsing universe―that we're just one of an eternal cycle of expanding and collapsing universes, like the bladder on an oxygen machine."
Comment:
I think this is a very interesting and cool idea―the thought that as an individual, we are just one of the many chapters in the story of life, as life, we are just one of the many chapters in the story of the universe, and as the universe, we are just one of the many chapters that are created from each expansion of the universe. This one concept seems like enough to base a setting for a movie (I would totally go watch this movie).
Question:
As I was taught it many years ago, the Big Bang theory was an origin theory of sorts in that it explained how the universe began, but now it seems as though an origin story would go deeper than our universe. It would go deeper than all the universes that expanded and condensed before us. What would be the reason that a universe would re-compact itself after expanding? Every time a universe re-expands, is there always going to be at least one planet that can and will support life before the universe re-compacts itself? Based on this theory, do we have an estimate as to when the universe will re-compact to the spec that it was before? Based on this theory, can we really say that the universe is infinitely large?
Interesting concept, and i'd like to provide an idea. While our world contains a finite surface area, you could move in a straight line accross it for an infinite distance (though you would end up walking on top of your previous path). Is it possible that our universe is a similar structure that attaches to itself and is therefore a finite amount of space, while being infinite in the space you can travel.
ReplyDeleteThe universe, as from what I've been told and from what I've concluded, is a finite plane that is ever-expanding. Thus the universe isn't infinite. However, like Andrew said in the comment before, the universe could be a structure similar to ours, expanding, however with an infinite amount of space to travel due to the Universe's constant expansion.
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