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> I've found the big bang crowd to be almost like a religion. Have you talked to actual real cosmologists? I suspect you haven't. The big bang theory is our BE
by saboot 11y ago
> I've found the big bang crowd to be almost like a religion.
Have you talked to actual real cosmologists? I suspect you haven't. The big bang theory is our BEST MODEL for explaining the DATA.
How can you explain galactic evolution without positing that the universe was different (younger) many billions of years ago? We can see that the universe was different easily by the types of galaxies that were present.
We know the galaxy is expanding, this is a fact.
The distribution of hydrogen and helium are consistent with a big bang model of the universe.
We can observe clouds of matter which are distinctly different from matter present in active areas of space. These "leftover" remnants are additional evidence of the big bang.
How can you be amazed that cosmologists adapt a theory which can explain all of the above? Can your endless universe model do that? If it can please claim your nobel prize. I don't understand how you can be arrogant enough to make a claim such as yours with no evidence as if it's obvious.
> atheistic, scientific minds
Ah, now I understand why.
- adventured 11y agoYou're confusing the remnants of an event for the start of the universe. It's nothing more than a part of a perpetual cycle, rather than proof of a beginning of existence. I have no inherent respect for something because it's claimed to be the best model. I believe it's a false idol, worshiped with a near religious fervor because so many have staked their scientific livelihoods to it. Dogma is extremely common in science historically.
- saboot 11y agoSo, again, you have no evidence and only a belief then to justify your position?
- psykovsky 11y agoWhole religions came to exist using that same method.
- tutts 11y agoAnd yet we're possibly about to throw out that model because something better might have come along.
- tempestn 11y agoBeginning of our universe != Beginning of existence At least not necessarily. Think of the universe like an expanding balloon that we exist inside. We have no idea what, if anything, is outside of the balloon, or what came before it. In fact, I don't believe we even know whether time as we know it exists outside the balloon.
- facepalm 11y agoJust because it is (currently) the best model doesn't mean you shouldn't (be allowed to) question it. I don't think anybody who doesn't question models on a regular basis is a real scientist.
- cosmothrowawaya 11y agoBEST MODEL but not perfect. May we remember please Dark Matter? Just a slight unfindable detail accounting for the negligible amount of the 84,5% of Universe mass. Maybe we should be prepared to accept that current theories (or part of them) are in a way Epicyclism all over again, no matter how elegant and solid they seem now.