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> a claim that is not widely accepted within the cosmology community. I'd rather hear the top 5 theories rather than the officially "accepted" ones from any gi

• bawolff 3y ago
  Accepted just more or less means there is enough evidence that most people agree its a convincing explanation. Nobody is filtering anybody. Acceptance is just the end of the process not the beginning. It is expected most hypotheses do not start as accepted and most won't make it that far. To give a start up analogy: an accepted theory is like a company that is profitable. Most start ups aren't profitable. Some might become so, most won't and will eventually fail. There is nothing wrong with not being profitable, everything starts somewhere, but its still important to describe the stage the company is at accurately.
• markhahn 3y ago
  you might be disappointed if there are no valid (falsifiable) theories. lots of people seem to think there should be an answer to every question, but what if "just because" is good enough? that answer is more about the question.