> "Unless the rate of expansion starts to slow down or we have indication that it will ever reverse, there's no big crunch. The rate of expansion is increasing"

> "Unless the rate of expansion starts to slow down or we have indication that it will ever reverse, there's no big crunch. The rate of expansion is increasing" What if it is increasing because it is falling towards a great mass on the other side of the universe? That would still count as a big crunch in my opinion.