RE: WoW vs Teach
May 13, 2009 at 9:19 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2009 at 9:22 pm by etogre.)
Quote:At least until all the suns burn out into black holes and the entire universe collapses into a mathematically infinitely small point within which everything is reduced into base subatomic particles from which the next in a long series of big bangs creates yet another new universe and we get to experience the entire process over again
Not to nitpick or anything but most modern physicists completely rule out the idea of a big bounce (the scenario you allude to). Basically, the second law of thermodynamics (entropy, what makes a bouncy ball not go as high on each successive bounce) means that eventually everything will cool down. It's purely hypothetical whether black holes explode, and one with all the mass of the universe would take an almost infinite amount of time (but hey, all we got is time in the cosmos). Black holes slowly evaporate matter into space leaving behind Hawking's radiation. Unless you disprove the law of conservation of energy, it's not possible for a big bounce.
Of course there's mixed theories on the subject, and science can be wrong. But good luck disproving established theories!
I make no claim to be an expert on the subject I heard it from world-famous physicist Michio Kaku on the science channel
