Henry J
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Joined: Mar. 2005
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I'm puzzled by why anybody would want to discredit big bang theory. It does after all point to a singlular origin of our universe (at least the part of it that's visible), and the alternative is an enternal infinite universe that always was - which isn't what most science deniers would want, as I understand it.
Besides, as I understand it, the big bang is way more consistent with observation than any known variant of the steady state, as it would require assuming continual creation of matter in empty space, in order to explain the red shift, and the fact that the microwave background is less than the temperature of the surface of the sun (which would be implied by a non-expanding infinite universe with regularly spaced galaxies).
Henry
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