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A 4 page discussion of the question of whether our universe will end in fire or ice. The author reviews the predictions of James S. Trefil to conclude that there is no definitive answer as to whether the universe will ultimately end in fire or ice, only speculation and opinion. No additional sources are listed.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPuniver.rtf
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In an article titled "How the Universe Will End" author James S. Trefil delves into the question of whether the universe will end in fire or ice. Trefil makes
it clear at the start of his article that there are many things that are unclear in relation to how the universe originated and how it works. Trefil uses
the analogy of a train arriving at a switchyard, to explore the many questions which confront us regarding this origin and inner working. Trefil points out that even at
a railroad switchyard there are many unknowns. While we can see some of the switches, for example, there are many others that we cannot see. It is only
for those that we can see we can accurately discern the future, i.e. accurately predict which direction a particular train will take. So too can we only predict the
general direction our universe will take. There is, therefore, no definitive answer as to whether the universe will ultimately end in fire or ice, only speculation and opinion.
When we consider a train switchyard, for those unseen switches we can only be certain of generalities. We know, for example, that
a train will leave the station but we do now know precisely what route it will take to do so. Trefil (211) observes:
"The unseen switches are true decision points in the future, and what happens when we arrive at them determines the entire
subsequent course of events" Trefil recognizes that although we can see the "track" extending billions
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