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"Mark Folsom" <folsomman@prodigy.com> wrote in message
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> "Thanatos" <dgahan@europe.com> wrote in message
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> > hmmm...
> >
> > I have no problem with the POSSIBILITY of big bang theory...
>
> You got a better one to replace it?
>
> > I do have a problem with the way it is tought in schools as "factual",
>
> Other well supported theories are taught in much the same way.  Do you
have
> similar problems with gravity and the periodic table?

The problem is all of the assumptions which for some reason or another
aren't presented as assumptions but taken for granted.  For one thing, BB
theory completely ignores that time is not independent of the motion of
matter and energy, which makes the notion of the "age" of the universe a
ridiculous one..

> > and the way scientists insist on "cooking the books" to prop it up if
> > observations don't quite fit...
>
> Maybe you can offer some specific examples instead of just bullshit...?

The fudge factors.

> > and how scientists who are open-minded enough to persue alternatives are
> > ridiculed.
>
> The ones ridiculed are those who cling to alternatives that don't account
> for the facts.

When somebody's searching for an alternative, they don't need to account for
the assumptions of theory they're trying to refute.  Try again.

> > BBT is at best a "best-fit" theory to some early observations, but the
way
> > it has influenced interpretations of subsequent observations has reduced
> > current theory to a tenuous "stack of cards" where the destruction of a
> > fundamental idea will bring the whole lot crashing down.
>
> The basic idea of the big bang seems entirely bullet-proof--a hot,
> high-density beginning with subsequent expansion is in perfect accord with
a
> large number of very careful observations.  It's very unlikely to be
> overthrown completely, and with good reason.

Why does BBT assume the speed of light is and always was constant and
independent of gravity?