Re: Big Bang: Did it happen?

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From: C.E. Thompson
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 15:31

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In article <2951@astroatc.UUCP> stubbs@astroatc.UUCP (Dennis J. Kosterman) writes:
>......  I don't see how it's possible to say absolutely that the Big
>Bang did or did not occur.  We can only talk about probabilities.
                                                    !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Likelihoods, not probabilities, *please*. Or are you all unreformed Bayesians
out there?


Chris Thompson
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