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ReaperOfSly
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Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.01.30 17:20:00 -
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As far as I know, the most compeling evidence in favour of the Big Bang theory is that the universe is expanding. However, more detailed measurements have discovered that the rate of expansion is actually speeding up slightly. So we can safely conclude that the diameter of the universe follows a function of time, and that function is not linear.
Now have a look at a sine curve
Is it an unreasonable conjecture that the physical size of the universe varies with time according to a sine curve? Say diam(Universe)=a*sin(b*t)+c so that it varies between c-a and c+a light years across.
I realise tht scientifically speaking, I'm talking complete bollox. And unless we can observe the universe for a few more billion years, there's no way to tell, or even guess, what function of time the size of the universe actually obeys. It's just a random thought that just occured to me. It would explain why we obvserve the universe expanding at an increasing rate, while still allowing it to have always existed. It also has the comforting conclusion that the universe will ALWAYS be here, with no heat death, big rip, big crunch or anything.
Of course I can think of no mechanism by which such an expansion/retraction pattern would occur. Springy aether anyone? 
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.01.30 18:50:00 -
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 Originally by: Dheorl
Originally by: Imperator Jora'h
- The universe is expanding so everything (you know what I mean) will be further away tomorrow than it is today.
- If everything is further away in the future it follows everything was closer in the past.
- Turn the clock back far enough and eventually everything must be in the same spot (aka the Big Bang Singularity)
- Time stops at the singularity...there is no "before" so it is a definitive starting point
- *Boom* Big bang, time moves forward, everything moves apart. Rinse and repeat.
What if the universe actually just fluctuates?
Read my post - I just said that 
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
Lyrus Associates
Enuma Elish.
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Posted - 2008.01.30 18:59:00 -
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Originally by: Sharupak
Edited by: Sharupak on 30/01/2008 18:57:04
It's ok, we it will still be warm when we die.
Don't know about you, but I plan on living forever.
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