That speed of light thing kind of distracted me from the original video to which Uncle Ken linked us. I got to thinking about it today and, the more I think about it, I like the idea of our local cluster of galaxies sticking together while the rest of the Universe flies off willy-nilly into oblivion. I also like the idea of our local group merging together into one mega galaxy. The only thing that's got me worried is what happens after that. The same gravity that brought us all together is just going to get stronger as we approach each other. Things will start crashing into each other sooner or later and, ultimately, everything will be condensed into one big dense lump, which likely will start the Big Bang all over again. I suppose that's better than flying apart until we lose all our energy and wink out like so many burned out candles, but not much.
The best thing that could happen would be if we could control the process and stop it when we reach our optimal density, just close enough to keep each other warm but not close enough to get on each other's nerves. Logically, if time stands still at the speed of light, it should go backwards if we could exceed the speed of light. All they need to do is perfect the warp drive like on Star Trek. Somebody should get on that right away.
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