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To: BMCDA
How would you for instance, verify the claim that our universe has been created last Thurday with all our memories, appearance of age, etc.? And how can you tell that the date of creation wasn't instead on Thursday two weeks ago?
This scenario may be true after all but it is simply not falsifiable and therefore it ain't science.
 
Oh, just about the same way as this one.................
 
How would you for instance, verify the claim that our universe has evolve from a speck, 15 billion or so years ago, etc.? And how can you tell that the date of creation wasn't instead 16 billion years ago?
This scenario may be true after all but it is simply not falsifiable and therefore it ain't science.

584 posted on 03/18/2004 5:15:24 AM PST by Elsie (When the avalanche starts... it's too late for the pebbles to vote....)
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To: Elsie; RadioAstronomer
How would you for instance, verify the claim that our universe has evolve from a speck, 15 billion or so years ago, etc.? And how can you tell that the date of creation wasn't instead 16 billion years ago? This scenario may be true after all but it is simply not falsifiable and therefore it ain't science.

Uhh? Are you serious or is this just a joke?
We verify this claim by observing the universe and what we observe so far (CMBR, redshift of distant objects) is highly consistent with the big-bang model.
However, if you don't believe me you can ask a more authoritative source like RadioAstronomer.
I'd also recommend this website for additional info: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/intro.html

592 posted on 03/18/2004 9:07:20 AM PST by BMCDA
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