Frank Tipler - Why is the Universe Expanding?

Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje What to make of an expanding universe? For one thing, roll the ‘movie’ in reverse and we have all the matter concentrated in what seems to be a single point, which seems to be impossible. Roll the ‘movie’ forward into the far future, and we have dispersion into apparent emptiness. In both directions we find nothingness. Is this reality? Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on cosmic structure: https://bit.ly/46c7aqZ Frank Jennings Tipler is a mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. He holds a BS in Physics from MIT and a PhD from the University of Maryland. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.