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You do realize why the term "The Big Bang" was coined, right?

• nurettin 3y ago
  Yes, Fred Hoyle was making fun of the concept on a radio show.
  • jononomo 3y ago
    Why was he making fun of it?
    • nurettin 3y ago
      I think he was satirizing the public understanding of the theory where people think the universe just magically popped into existence.
      • jononomo 3y ago
        No, that was his own objection to it. He ridiculed the theory because he (incorrectly) thought that a theory that implied a God was repugnant to science. It turns out that the science won out, however, and now "The Big Bang" is widely accepted, in spite of its implications.
        • nurettin 3y ago
          Of course they had disagreements and Hoyle was voicing his opinion on that. Except, as Lemaitre himself said on multiple occasions, the theory didn't imply any god at all. And his colleagues, being physicists and all, knew that. So it is my understanding that the target of this ridicule is the willfully ignorant public.