(September 5, 2016 at 8:29 am)Iroscato Wrote: A wacky idea I once had about the acceleration of the universe's expansion was that it's surrounded by other universes that are also expanding. When parts of universes collide, they collapse down into singularities that then 'bounce back' and repeat the cycle, constantly reforging and ripping apart.
I probably gave Alex a nosebleed with that...
It sounds like a weird mixture of Eternal Inflation and Lee Smolin's idea of new universes created by Black holes in a Darwinistic process, so, completely mainstream

The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition