On 7 November 2014 12:32, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have not seen your arguments for this, being new to the list, but the > expansion of the universe is a universal consequence of general relativity. > So it is built into the laws of physics, and has nothing to do with whether > or not there ever was a period of rapid inflation. > Expansion or collapse is a consequence of GR, certainly. However I was thinking on a larger scale with the EI comment, since EI seems to necessitate the existence of expanding universes. Not sure that it can be counted as a TOE though, so it's still in need of ultimate explanation.. > > The AoT comes from the third law of thermodynamics and has little to do > with the expansion of the universe. Entropy increases in the same direction > as the expansion solely because the universe 'began' in a state of very low > entropy. (The Past Hypothesis). > > I didn't realise there was a 3rd law, but anyway - saying the U began in a low entropy state begs the question - why did it? The big bang fireball was more or less in thermodynamic equilibrium as far as I know, and if it had stopped expanding it would have rapidly reached that stage. My point is to explain the -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
