Thread: End of the Universe

Originally Posted by Woodstock

There's no way for us to know, but probably not. How do you know there will be a next universe?

i don't know a thing! i'm not even convinced solipsism is out as a possibility which would make ALL OF THIS totally irrelevant and we, or rather I, would have to start from square one.

i think these things based on contemporary theories that come from smart fellas in the fields of physics and astronomy. the expanding contracting/cyclical universe theory is one of many and it implies that there will be a next universe. there are others that disagree, some say "big freeze" ie: the universe expands and expands and in doing so loses all of it's energy and becomes utterly cold throughout. there are many many more theories though, that's just a couple.

the expanding/contracting universe theory is close to my heart because i dig ancient indian philosophical ideas about reality and that's one of them and is also shared by modern science.