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Originally Posted by sjastro
....The problem I see with this model is that there is no explanation as to why "dark energy" is increasing.
Due to the metric expansion of the Universe one would expect the effects of anti-gravity, like gravity, to decrease as the density of the Universe decreases with time.
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Steven
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I think this is where they (physicists) get people confused because they normally don't clarify what they say. People think when they say "dark energy is increasing" that the actual quantity of dark energy is becoming larger. Since the universe, we believe, is a closed system, such an increase would violate the laws of physics. So, it's really just an increase in its influence when compared to the influence of gravity as the universe expands.