>>For one thing, the notion of a "beginning" might not actually have a concrete meaning. There may simply be no time before "time zero." Is not relevant to the

>>For one thing, the notion of a "beginning" might not actually have a concrete meaning. There may simply be no time before "time zero." Is not relevant to the end (or not) of the everything. >>The universe may well unfold in a series of such incomprehensible remixings in a way analogous to Roger Penrose's 5-way symmetrical tiling, where an infinity may be "covered" by a predetermined non-cyclic pattern which never repeats. Is usefully distinct from an un-ending universe for philosophic purposes... how?