Physicists now question the fate of the Universe

Well, I was with the article until half was through, it then proceeded to go over my head at a faster and faster rate. So I guess my brain as a huge negative curvature :)

Re: Physicists now question the fate of the Universe

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Post by dotnet00 » Wed, May 22, 2024, 2:50 PM UTC

The premise comes off as a bit of a surprise to me. My understanding had always been that physicists have not reached any majority agreement on which of the outcomes was likely, precisely because of the lack of understanding of the exact nature of dark energy.

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Post by d_silin » Wed, May 22, 2024, 2:55 PM UTC

TL;DR: the Big Rip is likely not to be the fate of the Universe as dark energy term in lambda-CDM cosmology is not a constant but weakens as time moves forward. Seems like Heat Death or Big Crunch options are back on the menu!

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 22, 2024, 2:58 PM UTC

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Post by codeulike » Wed, May 22, 2024, 3:00 PM UTC

d_silin wrote: post #6

TL;DR: the Big Rip is likely not to be the fate of the Universe as dark energy term in lambda-CDM cosmology is not a constant but weakens as time moves forward. Seems like Heat Death or Big Crunch options are back on the menu!

Thanks. You'd think they'd end the article with a summary. Somewhere in that load of words they've managed to bury the new fate of the universe.

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Post by mnky9800n » Wed, May 22, 2024, 3:02 PM UTC

dotnet00 wrote: post #5

The premise comes off as a bit of a surprise to me. My understanding had always been that physicists have not reached any majority agreement on which of the outcomes was likely, precisely because of the lack of understanding of the exact nature of dark energy.

It's because these people all sit and talk with each other coming up with more high concept sci-fi rigamarole. occasionally, they share whatever they come up with other physicists but it kind of seems like everyone just shrugs and goes back to whatever they were working on.

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Post by fasteddie31003 » Wed, May 22, 2024, 3:07 PM UTC

This kind of research is non-falsifiable and I think it's just a waste of these scientists' talents. You will hear never-ending theories of the Big Bang, black holes, and the end of the universe because all this research is non-falsifiable and just people playing with math and coming up with different ideas that humans find interesting, but will not affect your quality of life at all.

Science has to be falsifiable or else it's just a new type of faith.