A Shrinking Universe

[Kashi]

Cast your eye

 

tears on to me

 

And I'll show you what you really need

 

Give too much attention

 

And I'll reflect your imperfections

 

 

 

Can't you see it's over

 

Because you're the god of a shrinking universe

 

 

 

Purposeless survival

 

Now there's nothing left to die for

 

So don't struggle to recognize

 

Now the cruelly heart-felt suicide

 

 

 

Can't you see it's over

 

Because you're the god of a shrinking universe

 

 

 

Can't you see it's over

 

Because you're the god of a shrinking universe

 

 

 

http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1 ... riant=play

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One theory about The Universe is that it's constantly expanding, ever since the incomprehensibly

 

huge explosion that created all matter, The Big Bang. This theory goes on to say that once The Universe

 

reaches a critical point, it will be able to expand no further, and will inevitably being to shrink.

 

Some astronomers believe The Universe has already passed that point, and that we now live in a

 

Shrinking Universe.

 

 

 

This question is more philosophical than astronomical, because whether or not

 

The Universe is shrinking has no effect upon us. But I want you to think about, what is your impact

 

in a Universe that can do nothing but get smaller and smaller, one that will someday inevitably disappear

 

into nothing? True, nobody living now will see the End, nor the descendants of anyone

 

now living, one thousand times removed. But the point I want to press upon you is that nothing

 

you do can truly make a difference, because the end result is the same. Whether the world dies

 

in a time of peace or in a time of war, we are all subject to the outside calamity that must ultimately

 

finish us all. We're nothing but cosmic ants under the foot of an all-encompassing 'End'.

 

 

 

And so referring to the song lyrics posted at the top, can't you see it's over, because you're

 

the inhabitants of a Shrinking Universe.

 

 

 

Thank you.

[Tbfgraphx14]

Yes that is true. The great story of Life will be gone as we know it. :-w

[How2PK]

What's up with the universe these days. First it's leaking, now it's shrinking. Where is the universe going to.

[Catbert]

Cast your eye

 

tears on to me

 

And I'll show you what you really need

 

Give too much attention

 

And I'll reflect your imperfections

 

 

 

Can't you see it's over

 

Because you're the god of a shrinking universe

 

 

 

Purposeless survival

 

Now there's nothing left to die for

 

So don't struggle to recognize

 

Now the cruelly heart-felt suicide

 

 

 

Can't you see it's over

 

Because you're the god of a shrinking universe

 

 

 

Can't you see it's over

 

Because you're the god of a shrinking universe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uh................. wtf?

[Sir_Alex85]

What's up with the universe these days. First it's leaking, now it's shrinking. Where is the universe going to.

 

 

 

 

 

Mmm. Vaguely reminiscent of a diaper.

 

...I just compared the universe to a diaper.

[How2PK]

Well, it is full of sh*t.

 

 

 

too easy...:\

[Sir_Alex85]

Well, it is full of sh*t.

 

 

 

too easy...:\

 

 

 

 

 

Wooaah! I'd say ZING or something, but I'd just end up representing our universe even more. ;P

[Nom]

My life : the life of the universe :: A mosquito's life : My life

[assassin_696]

I've heard there isn't enough observable matter to cause a big crunch like a lot of people predicted.

[Hume]

When you take things and put them into perspective, like humanity in the universe you quickly realize how ridiculously insignificant we really are. Even if we limit ourself to the world, this is still the case. Until we look closley at that man, and his humanity. Then we find the reason for our existance in the universe, which is a self created reason. That it is to do our best for humanity and ourselves on utilitarian grounds and make lives better. This is the only known concious thought and experience of happiness we are certain of and therefore that is our priority.

[Rebdragon]

I've heard there isn't enough observable matter to cause a big crunch like a lot of people predicted.

 

Yes. The universe would require an average of four hydrogen atoms per cubic meter to get enough gravitational pull to start contracting, and as surprising as it may seem to some living in a matter infested Solar System, the universe isn't even close to that.

 

 

 

And as for the "shrink into nothingness" matter, String Theory predicts that that's impossible. According to the theory, the smallest the universe could get to is the Planck length. Not that String Theory is fully established or anything, just sayin' :P .

[1_man_army]

I'll be dead a long time before that happens so I'm really not too concerned to be honest.

[assassin_696]

And as for the "shrink into nothingness" matter, String Theory predicts that that's impossible. According to the theory, the smallest the universe could get to is the Planck length. Not that String Theory is fully established or anything, just sayin' :P .

 

 

 

Oh yeah I read that as well, something like there can't be any infinitely tiny singularities because how small something can be is limited by the strings themselves? Makes you wonder how much matter is locked up in black holes though.

[Rebdragon]

And as for the "shrink into nothingness" matter, String Theory predicts that that's impossible. According to the theory, the smallest the universe could get to is the Planck length. Not that String Theory is fully established or anything, just sayin' :P .

 

 

 

Oh yeah I read that as well, something like there can't be any infinitely tiny singularities because how small something can be is limited by the strings themselves?

 

Yah, it's weird, but once the universe tries to contract beyond the Planck length, the strings start giving off inverse energies. There's like a whole chapter on it, and I had to read it twice to get it... but basically, according to the normal and uniform motions of strings and the energy they give off, a universe of radius 1/R has precisely the same physical properties as a universe of radius R. Ya, it's very weird. So, once the universe starts trying to shrink past the Planck length, it start expanding instead of contracting :P .

[TotalTalker]

Its sort of like a balloon, you blow it up which is like the universe expanding, then you can let out the air which is like the universe shrinking.

[assassin_696]

And as for the "shrink into nothingness" matter, String Theory predicts that that's impossible. According to the theory, the smallest the universe could get to is the Planck length. Not that String Theory is fully established or anything, just sayin' :P .

 

 

 

Oh yeah I read that as well, something like there can't be any infinitely tiny singularities because how small something can be is limited by the strings themselves?

 

Yah, it's weird, but once the universe tries to contract beyond the Planck length, the strings start giving off inverse energies. There's like a whole chapter on it, and I had to read it twice to get it... but basically, according to the normal and uniform motions of strings and the energy they give off, a universe of radius 1/R has precisely the same physical properties as a universe of radius R. Ya, it's very weird. So, once the universe starts trying to shrink past the Planck length, it start expanding instead of contracting :P .

 

 

 

Oh yeah I remember that chapter now. Strange, strange stuff :P

[wild_goat_14]

And as for the "shrink into nothingness" matter, String Theory predicts that that's impossible. According to the theory, the smallest the universe could get to is the Planck length. Not that String Theory is fully established or anything, just sayin' :P .

 

 

 

Oh yeah I read that as well, something like there can't be any infinitely tiny singularities because how small something can be is limited by the strings themselves?

 

Yah, it's weird, but once the universe tries to contract beyond the Planck length, the strings start giving off inverse energies. There's like a whole chapter on it, and I had to read it twice to get it... but basically, according to the normal and uniform motions of strings and the energy they give off, a universe of radius 1/R has precisely the same physical properties as a universe of radius R. Ya, it's very weird. So, once the universe starts trying to shrink past the Planck length, it start expanding instead of contracting :P .

 

 

 

So..in the theory the universe basiclly does the "big bang" all over again?

[Rebdragon]

So..in the theory the universe basiclly does the "big bang" all over again?

 

:-k It's possible. But then again, we're not entirely sure what set off the big bang in the first place, so it could be hard to compare the two.

[wild_goat_14]

So..in the theory the universe basiclly does the "big bang" all over again?

 

:-k It's possible. But then again, we're not entirely sure what set off the big bang in the first place, so it could be hard to compare the two.

 

 

 

I see you point, but if my guess on this theory is correct,(this is just a guess, not what I believe) but could there possibly be no beginning or end of time? Because it is just relitive, and also if this theory was to be correct, this has probably happened tons of times, because it would be selfish to think we were the first.

[Tbfgraphx14]

So..in the theory the universe basiclly does the "big bang" all over again?

 

:-k It's possible. But then again, we're not entirely sure what set off the big bang in the first place, so it could be hard to compare the two.

 

 

 

I see you point, but if my guess on this theory is correct,(this is just a guess, not what I believe) but could there possibly be no beginning or end of time? Because it is just relitive, and also if this theory was to be correct, this has probably happened tons of times, because it would be selfish to think we were the first.

 

 

 

16 Billion years is a lot of time, just think of it. You know how many civilizations that is in the entire universe? So it's not like anyone is selfish.

 

 

 

The big bang, could it possibly went off because it just got to dense and exploded? :-k probably not, I was just throwing that out there, I don't know much about it.

[Barihawk]

The universe is only 16 billion years old? I would have put it in the trillians :(.

[happybappy]

Doesn't entropy kind of make that impossible. :uhh:

[assassin_696]

The universe is only 16 billion years old? I would have put it in the trillians :(.

 

 

 

Current estimates put it at about 13.7 billion years.

[TotalTalker]

The universe is only 16 billion years old? I would have put it in the trillians :(.

 

 

 

:wall:

[i_trollz_u]

I bet humanity and any form of life on Earth will be extinct anyway by the time that happends so I have no concern for anything.