Can someone help me understand this question please

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In summary, Kevin asked about the relationship between the speed of light and the expansion rate of the universe, and questioned if the end result of a collapsing universe would be considered "Anti-Time". He also asked how man could numerically correspond the speed of light to this change. In response, it was mentioned that Stephen Hawking once theorized about time reversal in a collapsing universe, but this was refuted by the concept of entropy. The likelihood of reversing time in this manner is statistically impossible due to the infinite amount of disordered states and one ordered state in the beginning of the universe.
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someone asked me this question and i don't understand it could anyone shed some light on what he is asking me


"If the Speed of Light is 186,300 MPS and the expansion rate of the Universe is roughly 10% advantageous to contracting and or collapsing in on itself, why wouldn't the end result be considered "Anti-Time"? And how would man, [numerically], correspond the Speed of Light to the change? "
 
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I believe part of your question is asking that if the Universe were to collapse it would essentially reverse time, Stephen Hawking once posited this but it was subsequently refuted by the concept of entropy. Essentially the amount of disordered states is infinite and there exists one ordered state (the beginning of the Universe). Statistically it is impossible to reverse time in that manner.
 
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thanks Kevin
 

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