[SJC_Hacker]

If you buy into the Big Rip, then all particles in the universe (including protons and neutrons) will eventually disintegrate

[Baeocystin]

Stephen Baxter wrote a short story about such. It sticks with you.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080725045740/http://www.solari...

[jasongill]

your post made me laugh because it makes the theory sound like propaganda that is sponsored by Big Rip

[kjs3]

Big Bang, Big Rip, Big Crush. Cosmologists like Big Things.

[simonh]

It’s literally the study of big things.