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> that space-time could be discontinuous. Why not? Tons of things are, for example, entropy. I have a crackpot idea that the Big Bang itself was just an "
by akira2501 3y ago
> that space-time could be discontinuous.
Why not? Tons of things are, for example, entropy. I have a crackpot idea that the Big Bang itself was just an "entropy population inversion." The big bang is literally just the moment where the discontinuity occurs.
- misnome 3y agoAre you sure that you never read Asimov’s “The last Question”?
- akira2501 3y agoI have not. Judging from the plot summary, it is a very similar idea... albeit from a highly metaphysical perspective.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoIt is very short, you should read it!
- akomtu 3y agoAnother idea: at the end of times, when black holes finish merging into one giant black hole, will it force a big bang like event? If we assume the universe to be a large 3d sphere, what's the topology of space in it if it's just one giant black hole?
- Thiez 3y agoWhy would all black holes eventually merge? The mass in our observable universe is constantly decreasing, with more and more of it going forever beyond our reach. For any two distant black holes it seems more likely that they will eventually find themselves forever alone in 'their' universe than that they will merge.