One of the problems with the standard model of the early universe is that whenever an observation -- e.g. mix of light-element isotopes, expansion rate, simulat

One of the problems with the standard model of the early universe is that whenever an observation -- e.g. mix of light-element isotopes, expansion rate, simulations -- produces a number different from its predictions, its prediction has been easily adjusted to match. That's how the scientific method works. You come up with a hypothesis, you test it, you adjust it accordingly, and you re-test it. If you can't come up with tests for it, or if your measurements never match the hypothesis, you throw the hypothesis out. That's why string theory and MOND are getting crapped on in this thread.