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Old 19-04-2011, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
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.
Yes "increasing dark energy" is a misnomer as the effects of dark energy becomes more apparent with decreasing density.

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