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Jessy169

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30. I thought Neil had gone "doomer" on us!

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 10:10 PM

Jan 2014

When I read the title, my first thought was that Neil was going to explain the scientific facts of finite resources, global warming and inability of the planet to continue supporting humanity the way we are carrying on. But no! He's talking about total oblivion.

I personally believe that when the universe expands to a certain point, that the stretched material will snap back like a rubber band, all matter will be once again sucked down into an infinitely small point, and it will "big bang" on us again, creating another expanding universe. Just what I like to think...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Bill Moyers: �We�re on a one-way trip to oblivion� [View all] kentuck Jan 2014 OP

Dark energy is responsible for expansion, not dark matter. jsr Jan 2014 #1

data shows the universe could collapse at any moment Cali_Democrat Jan 2014 #2

I don't buy it. I go in for the ever-expanding infinite budding quantum foam multiverse hypothesis. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #3

quote from the article lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #9

Certainly past a certain point one blurs into the other. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #14

Each advance of physics doesn't narrow the scope of the unknown, it multiplies it. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #47

Yeah, behind every exclamation point is another question mark. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #53

His philosophies Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #34

That website shouldn't try to claim him--as he himself has said... MADem Jan 2014 #54

excellent - already admired him . . . now a tad bit more DrDan Jan 2014 #61

I like this attitude a lot. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #66

Damn! Maybe I should cancel my weekend plans... brooklynite Jan 2014 #4

Like a drunk driver speeding down the wrong side of the highway... hunter Jan 2014 #5

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED! Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #6

LOL n/t RainDog Jan 2014 #19

Some have, of course, an alternate take: Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #23

I thought that would be RainDog Jan 2014 #26

+1000 kentuck Jan 2014 #36

magnolia is the best RainDog Jan 2014 #38

That reminds me of ... kentuck Jan 2014 #40

glad you liked it. RainDog Jan 2014 #56

"You play football, Harris?" Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #45

yeah RainDog Jan 2014 #55

I guess I won't bother fixing the side yard gate then. Throd Jan 2014 #7

I wish I could be here when the lights go out, but I'll be long gone by then. LuvNewcastle Jan 2014 #8

Dark matter is not dark energy. longship Jan 2014 #10

I read Tyson as saying that the current *nomenclature* is "dark matter" BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #29

If you watch the video he mentions both. joshcryer Jan 2014 #63

And I haven't even seen the movie "Her" yet... Tom_Foolery Jan 2014 #11

I've thought it over, and I can slip in another deer hunt Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #12

"We are so far beyond fucked now... alterfurz Jan 2014 #13

Awesome! zappaman Jan 2014 #15

the point is, make the most of your time while you're here on this earth Skittles Jan 2014 #17

Exactly! zappaman Jan 2014 #18

I appreciate the concern, but we have more pressing problems right now, Neil struggle4progress Jan 2014 #16

You are so right. Let's deal with the problems that haunt us within the next 10 years. YOHABLO Jan 2014 #28

Don't worry, Tyson's got your back Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #35

Don't worry about. kentuck Jan 2014 #20

Khan!! MerryBlooms Jan 2014 #21

and the last words donco Jan 2014 #22

What would a two-way trip to oblivion look like? n/t eggplant Jan 2014 #24

Not worried about this at all. silverweb Jan 2014 #25

"There is no safety in the cosmos." Alan Watts Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2014 #27

I thought Neil had gone "doomer" on us! Jessy169 Jan 2014 #30

I don't think about astrophysics often, but when I do BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #33

good to know there *will* be an end to Fux Spews. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #31

"All sparks will burn out in the end." Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #32

It's okay... derby378 Jan 2014 #37

Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of my favorites today, and though man4allcats Jan 2014 #39

In time and space... kentuck Jan 2014 #42

You're arguing semantics, not functional differences. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #43

I agree that we do not know much. man4allcats Jan 2014 #48

Soon, the oblivian deniers will be showing up here. Kaleva Jan 2014 #41

"...we�re on a one-way trip to oblivion" Fucking hello. Stupidest SHIT I've ever read... cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #44

I guess I have time to get the laundry done before it hits then. But only barely. Squinch Jan 2014 #49

Don't use the second rinse cycle. You might find yourself without undies when the Universe ends. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #50

It's up there with the "what will earth be like after the people all die off?" Squinch Jan 2014 #51

I know the answer to that question by the way... cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #52

I assume 'we' as in "the contents of the universe." joshcryer Jan 2014 #64

The Earth won't survive to a quadrillion years from now. Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #46

But if it doesn't (50/50 chance) Nevernose Jan 2014 #57

Hmmm. Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #58

No idea. I just happened to see this chart earlier :) Nevernose Jan 2014 #59

Here's an idea: Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #60

Dark energy could be an illusion. joshcryer Jan 2014 #62

... RainDog Jan 2014 #65

I'm more of a hand to mouth thinker, let's focus on the next 10 billion years or so TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #67