> -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Standish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Except that it is possible to perform an infinite amount of > computation in the big crunch due to Tipler's argument, and only a > finite amount of computation with the open universe (Dyson's > argument). Sort of the opposite of what you might expect...
I trust Dyson's argument more than Tipler's - the latter relies on a raft of unproven assumptions about what might be possible during the collapse. I was assuming a conventional big crunch in my argument. > Anyway, it looks like we're falling into a supermassive black hole > right now, but we've got about 100 billion (10^11) years before we hit > the event horizon. (Reported in New Scientist a couple of issue ago). Enough time to move elsewhere I guess. Charles
