Is Expansion Possible Without Contraction in the Universe?

flech · Feb 18, 2007

Can you have expansion without contraction?

verty · Feb 18, 2007

It's a meaningless question, because it's like supposing that all matter is expanding linearly (or otherwise) in scale. The most simple explanation is that it isn't.

Moridin · Feb 18, 2007

Perhaps the OP postulates the question relating more to society than science? One can also analyze the word 'contradiction'. Does it mean the opposite of expansion, that is, some form of compression, or does it mean that expansion in a field in society will lead to it being contradictory?

brewnog · Feb 18, 2007

Can something go left without going right?

Schrodinger's Dog · Feb 18, 2007

Has the universe ever gone through a period of contraction, since the Big Bang?

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