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mrspeedybob
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I lack the mathematical skills to determine if this idea is plausible. Maybe somebody has already been down this road.
The universe cools and the universe expands. At first this makes perfect sense because of the relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature. What if we have the cause and effect reversed?
Heat energy is the random motion of atoms and molecules. If All my atoms are moving randomly and all of your atoms are moving randomly then most of them are in motion relative to each other. This relative motion causes relativistic length contraction not only of your atoms relative to me and vice-versa but also of the distance between us. Now If I die and cool off there is less motion, less length contraction, more distance.
Could the universe be expanding because it is cooling off?
The universe cools and the universe expands. At first this makes perfect sense because of the relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature. What if we have the cause and effect reversed?
Heat energy is the random motion of atoms and molecules. If All my atoms are moving randomly and all of your atoms are moving randomly then most of them are in motion relative to each other. This relative motion causes relativistic length contraction not only of your atoms relative to me and vice-versa but also of the distance between us. Now If I die and cool off there is less motion, less length contraction, more distance.
Could the universe be expanding because it is cooling off?