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~~This is the Big Freeze discussion page! Feel free to post and start new topics, I could use some opinions!~~

What does everyone think of this?[edit]

I worked pretty hard to write it, but it's open to edits to improve it. I would just like your opinions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GalaxyGirl (talk • contribs) 16:44, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think that this article needs to be cleaned up a bit, and needs to mention the differences between the Big Freeze and the similar but different Heat Death fate of the universe. Deathsushi 19:57, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Heh[edit]

I liked the the almost satrical qualities of the article, especially the line "the Universe would not die, just be very cold". Love it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gruntyking117 (talk • contribs) 03:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But is an encyclopedia the right place for sassy undertones? Asarkees 19:57, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not silly, just a little fun.JD79 17:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seems, Incomplete...[edit]

seriously, this page feels empty. needs more facts and stuff like that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.212.134.41 (talk • contribs) 05:03, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heat-death vs Big Freeze[edit]

(Cross-posted from Heat death of the universe)

As far as I can understand (and as suggested here), heat death means a flat universe dying from max entropy, and the Big Freeze is an open (constantly expanding) universe dying from expansion causing heat to be spread out - the effects are the same, but the causes different. I've updated the article a little accordingly and linked to that page, but it would be useful if someone could check that this is correct and if so explain it a bit more clearly than I've done :) --Jomel 16:17, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

There defintely needs to be more clarification here. As far as I, an amateur, can perceive, the only difference is that "heat death" involves an exhaustion of all entropy whereas "big freeze" involves matter being so spread out that any residual energy is nearly useless. BOTH of these articles need a "compare & contrast" section or else I'd say that an overzealous editor may ask for them to be merged. (Which I don't feel that they should be.) Again, without it being spelled out, it's somewhat difficult to differentiate the two items. JD79 17:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am a supreme amateur in this field, it must be said, but I can't for the life of me distinguish between these two concepts. Perhaps my understanding of entropy is weak, but it would seem to me that a maximum level of entropy necessitates a temperature of absolute zero everywhere, and, correspondingly, a temperature of absolute zero everywhere necessitates maximum entropy. This is nowhere near as clear as it should be for those with limited scientific background, and a definition that is crystal clear to a layman would be appropriate. Michael.A.Anthony (talk) 06:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article links the "Big Freeze" to the geometry of the universe, but the lead section defines the Big Freeze in terms of life. It is possible that a recollapse could take so long that all life freezes before it happens. 192.75.48.150 15:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Repetition[edit]

Is it just me, or is it not entirely necessary to mention at least three times that the universe needs to be flat or hyperbolic? Repetition is good, but for an article this small, repeating something at least 3 times is over kill. User:Btg2290 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.111.237.88 (talk • contribs) 00:31, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Universe Geometries[edit]

the descriptions of kind of misleading—ESPECIALLY the last one which states literally that the universe is two dimensional, like a piece of paper. We should at least change that one. I think the article Shape of the Universe has good examples of descriptions of universe geometries. Ewthmatth 14:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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