> now I can firmly say the big bang never happened. You really can't. And aren't. If you could, you would be, and people with credibility would be listening an

> now I can firmly say the big bang never happened. You really can't. And aren't. If you could, you would be, and people with credibility would be listening and taking you seriously. They would have to, because seriously composed arguments aren't ignorable by individuals who understand and care about the subject matter. This is the purpose of mainstream scientific work: to take serious arguments seriously and to dispense with those that don't hold up. Being a contrarian with crackpot theories is far easier, since the only people listening are people who don't know what they are talking about, and so all you get is false validation in response to any output. In general, if a theory isn't endorsed by professionals in a field, it's because the theory is wrong.