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"I'd love to hear your opinion on that new cosmological model that doesn't begin with a singularity and therefor has no big bang.
July 19, 2010
First, I would like to state my position and opinion on the Big Bang Theory. To be quite honest, I have never really put 100% confidence in the theory. My reasoning for this is that like the opposing creationist theory, it is somewhat driven by the need FOR and to PROVIDE proof for other theories. For example, there are some implications that are only valid if there existed a period of "inflation" after the actual big bang explosion. I feel as though sometimes physicists and other scientists will concoct theories to provide the proof for a phenomenon, rather than a means for actually explaining it WITH proof. In a sense, a sort of fabrication of validity to secure explanation.
Personally, I like this theory and how there is no singularity, nor the problems involved with it. I feel like the big bang has become accepted and for the most part "unquestioned" simply because it has been accepted for such a long time, aside from the rise of theories such as M-Theory (which would need to be a whole other entry to even touch on the subject) which uses the collision of "branes" to initiate the explosion that is the big bang.
I would love to see where this theory goes and how it develops alongside the search for the Higgs-Boson. You have to take into consideration that science does not explain everything. There has yet to be a testable experiment for string theory. The only proof for black holes is the motion of objects around something they can't see. And for everything in the universe they can't explain they simply call it "dark matter." Did you know that a large portion of Darwins work was nonsense? Einstein's theories now more than ever may be proven wrong. Also, take into consideration this book was published in the early 90s, any theory or model gets built upon and broken down over time.
Thanks for that informative response! :) As a layman, I always saw the Big Bang theory as the best model available to us. I've never actually studied the mathematical equations behind it, so I've only rationalized with physical evidence left behind such as the red-shifted CBR. As I've come to learn more about Quantum mechanics, I've found that what is intuitive isn't always the right answer. I've learned to be more careful with my reasoning, though I'm much more of a philosopher than I am a mathematician!;)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I won't pretend to know much about the M-Theory... though I'm a huge fan of Michio Kaku who loves to talk about it all the time, so I do know *of* it and am fascinated by the theory! Thanks again! :D