On 2/28/15 4:39 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:31:08 -0800, jps wrote:

On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:58:36 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:49:16 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Big Bang just a bunch of bunk?

Universe has no beginning?

Maybe it's back to thinking it's made up of ether. Invisible,
just like modern day descriptions of black holes.

http://www.space.com/28681-theory-no-big-bang.html

This is really an unknowable but the understanding of the things we
can know is advancing science. At this point "god did it" is as
provable as the big bang. What was there before the predicted event
13.8 billion years ago? I do tend to lean towards the closed universe
theory and after expanding for a while the whole thing will collapse
back on itself again. That is reconciled with the "bounce" theory. It
also leaves open the likelihood that there are other systems beyond
what we call our universe, doing the same thing.

One thing is certain, the more we find out, the more questions we
bring up and it becomes clearer that there is still more out there
than we ever suspected before.

Gobsmacked by "god did it" as in any way comparable to bang and
entropy.

Why do you so easily go over the edge into the intellectual abyss?

I am simply pointing out that when we have reached the limits of our
science, one theory is as valid as another. What do you think was here
before the big bang? "Nothing" or even an inert singularity is as
closed minded as "god did it" Saying the universe is only 13.8 billion
years old is as dumb as saying it is 8000. That would only refer to a
few events in an infinitely long history.


When we reach the limits of our science, we try to extend those limits.
Saying "god did it" is an intellectual cop out.

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Proud to be a Liberal.