# The universe will end. How does that make you feel? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-will-end-how-does-that-make-you-feel/312998 "2005-07-18T17:19:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-will-end-how-does-that-make-you-feel/312998/41 "2005-07-20T11:41:34Z")
The universe is a particular shape. One end is tightly compressed. We don;t know the shape of the other end, of which you speak. The point is that time **is** this shape. We might say that today, last week, next year, the Big Bang (or Plank epoch) and the Big Crunch (or whatever) are all **places in the universe** , of which these three spatial dimensions are but one **region**. The unique string of memories in the biological computer called “myself” exists in an even more specific region called “21st Century Earth”. How does that make me feel? Just how living in _my house_ feels. I feel _at home_ in my region of the universe. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-will-end-how-does-that-make-you-feel/312998/42 "2005-07-20T12:25:52Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > Thanks! My infinite improbability drive is on the fritz (faulty Brownian motion generator) so this technicality was a life saver. > > When next you’re at Milliways, do try the fish! I dunno, I always wanted to know what dish-of-the-day sirloin was like. (Should I be brave and order him medium-rare??) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-will-end-how-does-that-make-you-feel/312998/43 "2005-07-20T13:10:12Z")
Well, how’s about [a one page story of mine](http://www.aahz.com/aahz/Library/Frank.html). (Though dealing with the end of the world, instead of the universe.) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-will-end-how-does-that-make-you-feel/312998/44 "2005-07-20T13:55:30Z")
Concerning my attitude toward the end of the universe, I think Woody Allen said it best in _Annie Hall_: Young Alvy’s Mom: Tell Dr. Flicker. [Young Alvy sits, his head down - his mother answers for him] Alvy’s Mom: It’s something he read. Doctor in Brooklyn: Something he read, huh? Alvy: [his head still down] The universe is expanding. Doctor: The universe is expanding? Alvy: Well, the universe is everything, and if it’s expanding, someday it will break apart and that would be the end of everything! Alvy’s Mom: How is that your business? [she turns back to the doctor] Alvy’s Mom: He stopped doing his homework! Alvy: What’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-will-end-how-does-that-make-you-feel/312998/45 "2005-07-20T14:07:13Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Alvy: Well, the universe is everything, and if it’s expanding, someday it will break apart and that would be the end of everything! Ah, the Big Rip! I’d forgotten about that. I’ll have to read up on that, because I’ve forgotten what it’s supposed to entail. ---
**Author:** ![Ruckinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@Ruckinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruckinge)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-will-end-how-does-that-make-you-feel/312998/46 "2005-07-20T21:44:41Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > The universe will not die. It will go to live with some nice people in the country, where it will have lots of room to run around. I know you’ll miss it, but it will be much happier there, really. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-will-end-how-does-that-make-you-feel/312998.md?page=2)