The Big Crunch Theory

What do you think of it?

I think it's plausible.

sounds reasonable, but goes against empirical evidence with the whole universe expanding at an accelerating rate and all that

>>3
True, but Dark Matter/Energy is still a giant fucking unknown.

Plus, there is evidence that the Universe has undergone at least one other PREVIOUS Big Bang + Big Crunch set before our current generation. See: Big Bounce.

>>4
"See: Big Bounce"

saw it, wasn't that good
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315824/