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07/18/10(Sun)14:48 No. 1431854 >>1431804 Two problems with this: 1-
The cause of the acceleration that will cause a big rip, or heat death,
isn't from the big bang, or at least we don't know that it is. Its from
dark energy, and the best explanation I've heard so far is that maybe
at huuuuge scales, gravity turns repulsive? But thats not related to
the cosmic microwave background radiation energy left over from the big
bang. 2- a big crunch would be a massive black hole, right? So
even if all the matter underwent fusion to blow everything back apart,
the gravity well would be so deep, it wouldn't be able to go anywhere.
But again, talking about what goes on in black holes is anyones guess. Though
despite these, I like the cyclical universe concept, because it IS an
elegant way of saying how everything got so compacted. Its just simple,
and there isn't anything better out there that I've seen.