New Universes Will be Born from Ours

David Shiga writes "What gruesome fate awaits our universe? Some physicists have argued that it is doomed to be ripped apart by runaway dark energy, while others think it is bouncing through an endless series of big bangs and big crunches. Now, scientists have combined these two ideas to create another option, in which our universe ultimately shatters into billions of pieces. Each shard would then subsequently grow into a whole new universe. The model could solve the mystery of why our early universe was surprisingly well ordered."

Please...

[EveryNickIsTaken]

Now it sounds like these guys aren't even trying anymore. I could've sworn I saw this in an episode of Star Trek.

I was going to write something insightful . . .

[StefanJ]

. . . witty, and profound, but the announcement that the free bagels and donuts we get every Friday have arrived.

Just think, if only one percent of those billions of new universes repeat our time-stream, this joyous moment will be repeated . . .

whoa, they maple bars this morning. I'm out of here. Priorities . . .

Black Hole Suck

[Dareth]

... is there something somewhere else blowing?

And no, that wasn't a Spaceballs reference!

My universe was ripped apart.....

[Anonymous Coward]

... when my woman left me.

Baby come back!! No more dark matter - I promise you a Big Bang this time!

Bah humbug

[Fist! Of! Death!]

I propose that the universe is actually a cheap science kit awaiting purchase on the shelf of a hyper-dimensional Toys-R-Us. I could probably prove it too if I had the funding...

Mystery

[BamaRob]

The model could solve the mystery of why our early universe was surprisingly well ordered.

It's no mystery... God made it that way.

Hopefully

[shirizaki]

We'll stick around to stay in our little galaxy's lives, as we want to pass on our knowledge and provide care for them. That and the threat of paying child support.

The Hobo-verse

[Aqua OS X]

Prominent bizarro physicists believe the new universe will be inverse of our own, controlled by the indigent, and known as the hobo-verse. This new hobo-verse will be controlled by a singular omnipotent box car hobo named "Klackity Klack." Also, it will smell like pee.

Alien language

[isomeme]

Each shard would then subsequently growing into a whole new universe.

...with its own new laws of physics and grammar.

Engrish?

[Bryansix]

Each shard would then subsequently growing into a whole new universe.

Is this some newfangled way to form a sentence I have not heard of before?

Creation vs Big Bang

[z80kid]

I've got an idea that satisfies both Creation and Big Bang.

I call it the "Big Burrito" theory.

Details forthcoming after lunch....

Re:Universe[s]???

[stratjakt]

Because physicists dont look shit up on WordNet.

The word delegate means different things to a security guard at the UN, and a C# programmer.

Re:for the future!

[locokamil]

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[Hablas Espagnol!]

Re:Please...

[Anonymous Coward]

No, it wasn't on Star Trek. The reason why it sounds familiar is that it already happened.

Inversely proportional to the number of Americans.

[kale77in]

If you play in the Superbowl and win, and your friends congratulate you, you don't say "What are the odds of my friends congratulating me for winning the Superbowl? There are 300,000,000 million Americans and only a few dozen have friends who congratulated them for winning the 2007 Super Bowl. That is rare, this is proof of divine intervention in my life."

The correct analogy would involve you having no idea whether other Americans exist, but thinking: "Hmm, the more Americans there were, the lower the likelihood of intelligent design would be."

You may be on to something there...

Re:Please...

[maxwell demon]

Three words, no models necessary: "God"

What are the other two words?

Re:Please...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Why is there lightning?" "God did it."
This is so you would understand that the food you eat (that rains help grow) comes from someone that can turn night into day (lighting) and make you shake in your boots (thunder).

"How did mountains form?" "God did it."
This it signify to you that someone can build things that are bigger than you can build.

"Why do massive bodies attract each other?" "God did it."
This is so you would understand that there is a relationship between EVERY part of this world to antoher.

"How do cells reproduce?" "God did it."
So that life goes on to acknoledge the creator

"Why is there disease?" "God did it."
So you would understand that you did something wrong with the diseased part and repent. Or alterntivaely, so that you know you will die some day.

Re:Please...

[TechGooRu]

> "Why do massive bodies attract each other?" "God did it."

And to think I've been blaming alcohol all these years. I should have been blaming God?

God, they say you work in mysterious ways. You owe me a 110 lb blonde with big ...

Re:Please...

[Aptgetupdate]

is dead.