Why do you believe in the Big Bang?

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Indeed. It was a Catholic priest who's work the theory grows out of.

And whats even more surprising is that he was Belgian.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Jon Miller


yes there is

it is just broken in some interactions

it is an excellent symmetry in strong interactions for example

JM

That's like saying the human body is symmetrical - except if you look at the heart and a bunch of other organs

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Kucinich




That's like saying the human body is symmetrical - except if you look at the heart and a bunch of other organs

denzel washington is symmetrical.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Kucinich




That's like saying the human body is symmetrical - except if you look at the heart and a bunch of other organs

yes

and making even bigger statements (like that Md = Mu = 0 and so there is an additional symmetry) seems to be half of what particle physics is based on (I am only a second year Grad Student)

if you don't like that, than you don't like physics since the 60s

JM

[Agathon]

I was once teaching some (mostly science) students about Empedocles and they were complaining that "Love" and "Strife" were stupid names for cosmological forces.

So I said, "The Big Bang?"

...and there was an embarrassed silence.

You'd think that they could have come up with a better name. I mean, presumably there was no atmosphere of any kind, so it didn't even make an audible noise.

[Jon Miller]

the name was created by a preist

it gained popularity in the media, we didn't really see the point of renaming it

JM

[Agathon]

Is that the royal "we"?

[DinoDoc]

No, it wasn't. It was coined by critics of the theory.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Lay off the green hats, niDe. They will be the death of you.

Not death, just PCR

[Whoha]

because explosions kick ass.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
No, it wasn't. It was coined by critics of the theory.

So it wasn't a priest and it wasn't John Miller.

You'd think that there was a better name for it. How about "The Primal Eructation"?

Back OT - I don't care one way or the other. I fail to see how a big bang makes any difference.

In some respects the elephants/tortoise theory is better.

[SKILORD]

Originally posted by My Wife Hates CIV
'You see people, to believe in Big Bang is to believe in God, for if an entire universe can come into existence from nothing and since this event has never happened again, then this single event, this creation of Universe, this Big Bang must be God's will and work.'

who said the big bang was the start of it all??? perhaps the bigbang is just somewhere in the middle of a larger process. who said it's never happened before??? maybe many bigbangs have happened in the past. maybe there are several areas right now that are the results of a big bang.

So you will concede your (scientific!) religion to the dustbin of an infinite regressive?

So what did start it all?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Agathon
In some respects the elephants/tortoise theory is better.

Which ones?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Agathon
You'd think that there was a better name for it. How about "The Primal Eructation"?

Blame Fred Hoyle.

[Agathon]

Don't you get smart with me boy!!

Obviously, the one with four elephants and one tortoise. Why would any rational person believe otherwise?