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The Collapse of the Universe and the Reversal of Time
Title: The Collapse of the Universe and the Reversal of Time
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 2897 | Pages: 12.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Collapse of the Universe and the Reversal of Time
The Collapse of the Universe and the Reversal of Time
Cosmologists today do not agree on whether the universe will expand forever, or will eventually recollapse. And among those who subscribe to the latter view, there is disagreement over the nature of the collapse. Some believe it will be a mirror image of the big bang, so that any intelligent creatures living during the second half of the universe's life will sense time moving in the reverse direction, and view us as living in their …showed first 85 words of 2897 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 2897 total…present knowledge is far from resolving these questions. From time to time cosmologists decide that the universe is, or is not, finite in size, or finite in lifespan, and they appear satisfied that their current theory settles the argument. But outsiders can see that they are still groping, with insufficient evidence to decide the matter. Meanwhile those of us who find it aesthetically pleasing to think of a finite universe, with its two temporal halves related by symmetry, may do so with a clear conscience.
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