Sir Roger brings us more

[tyrannosaurus vex]

a trillion years from now, all the matter in the universe will have dissolved into an energy field, and that energy field will slowly decay into an infinitely larger field with infinitely less potential, until it gets so immense, so homogenous, and so weak that the inertia (or whatever) of the energy dissipating matches the potential of the energy itself, causing a spontaneous self-fueling retraction of the entire field into a single point, and everything explodes in the opposite dimension, creating another big bang.

there, i just figured out the cycle of the universe for these latte-sipping theoretical physics spags. maybe now they can do something useful like invent me a fucking hovercar.

[Jasper]

What about the recent evidence that the universe's expansion is accelerating?

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of a closed universe.

Edwin Hubble is recent?

Ok, that the universe is accelerating at rates that imply an open universe.

O.

I have more science history than up-to-the-minute, actual science under my belt.  

[Don Coyote]

At the end of the universe, God shows up and tells us it wasn't actually entropy, he predestined it all.

If that happens, he getting my boot in his nutsack.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

a trillion years from now, all the matter in the universe will have dissolved into an energy field, and that energy field will slowly decay into an infinitely larger field with infinitely less potential, until it gets so immense, so homogenous, and so weak that the inertia (or whatever) of the energy dissipating matches the potential of the energy itself, causing a spontaneous self-fueling retraction of the entire field into a single point, and everything explodes in the opposite dimension, creating another big bang.

there, i just figured out the cycle of the universe for these latte-sipping theoretical physics spags. maybe now they can do something useful like invent me a fucking hovercar.

But I don't drink latte and I don't know shit about even regular cars!

What about the recent evidence that the universe's expansion is accelerating?

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of a closed universe.

Edwin Hubble is recent?

Ok, that the universe is accelerating at rates that imply an open universe.

O.

I have more science history than up-to-the-minute, actual science under my belt. 

Is all good. I'm kind of a tard for space stuff. I don't get some of it, but I like to read up on it from time to time and see what the progress on figuring stuff out is.

[Cain]

At the end of the universe, God shows up and tells us it wasn't actually entropy, he predestined it all.

Although if Harry Potter from MoR ends up becoming a God, he'll more likely turn up and say "Ha ha!  Fooled you all!  Again!"

I actually hope at the end of the Universe, we will hear a giant, booming voice saying "welcome to...Level Two!"

[Jasper]

 

Wouldn't put that past any clever deity.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

a trillion years from now, all the matter in the universe will have dissolved into an energy field, and that energy field will slowly decay into an infinitely larger field with infinitely less potential, until it gets so immense, so homogenous, and so weak that the inertia (or whatever) of the energy dissipating matches the potential of the energy itself, causing a spontaneous self-fueling retraction of the entire field into a single point, and everything explodes in the opposite dimension, creating another big bang.

there, i just figured out the cycle of the universe for these latte-sipping theoretical physics spags. maybe now they can do something useful like invent me a fucking hovercar.

Also, I look forward to reading the abstract of your paper putting forth this hypothesis.

[LMNO]

I actually hope at the end of the Universe, we will hear a giant, booming voice saying "welcome to...Level Two!"

I think I was just introduced to my new microreligion.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I actually hope at the end of the Universe, we will hear a giant, booming voice saying "welcome to...Level Two!"

I think I was just introduced to my new microreligion.

That is pretty awesome

[Telarus]

I actually hope at the end of the Universe, we will hear a giant, booming voice saying "welcome to...Level Two!"

I think I was just introduced to my new microreligion.

That is pretty awesome

ScottPilgrimsim?

[Richter]

At the end of the universe, God shows up and tells us it wasn't actually entropy, he predestined it all.

Although if Harry Potter from MoR ends up becoming a God, he'll more likely turn up and say "Ha ha!  Fooled you all!  Again!"

I actually hope at the end of the Universe, we will hear a giant, booming voice saying "welcome to...Level Two!"

I WILL NOT GO TO SECOND LEVEL WITH YOU!

[Nephew Twiddleton]

At the end of the universe, God shows up and tells us it wasn't actually entropy, he predestined it all.

Although if Harry Potter from MoR ends up becoming a God, he'll more likely turn up and say "Ha ha!  Fooled you all!  Again!"

I actually hope at the end of the Universe, we will hear a giant, booming voice saying "welcome to...Level Two!"

I WILL NOT GO TO SECOND LEVEL WITH YOU!

GAME OVER

[Requia ☣]

I think they established that the universe is closed, so the heat death model doesn't apply.

You should be so fucking lucky.

I don't see how a closed universe helps prevent heat death.  Eventually there won't be enough fusable material left for there to be any active stars, and from there the universe slowly approaches a uniform temperature.  It might be a warmer heat death, but it's still heat death.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I think they established that the universe is closed, so the heat death model doesn't apply.

You should be so fucking lucky.

I don't see how a closed universe helps prevent heat death.  Eventually there won't be enough fusable material left for there to be any active stars, and from there the universe slowly approaches a uniform temperature.  It might be a warmer heat death, but it's still heat death.

Not if gravity starts to pull everything back in. It would be a Big Crunch scenario.

[Triple Zero]

Student: WHY IS THERE SOMETHING INSTEAD OF NOTHING?



Teacher: There isn't!



Student: