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To: Junior
Then that means that there is no "Big Bang Theory" since it cannot be falsified - which means it is not a theory in the scientific sense.
23 posted on 08/08/2002 11:21:02 AM PDT by Frumious Bandersnatch
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To: Frumious Bandersnatch
Then that means that there is no "Big Bang Theory" since it cannot be falsified - which means it is not a theory in the scientific sense.

Beep. Circle takes the square. There are all sorts of ways the Big Bang theory could be falsified -- if for instance it was shown that space really wasn't expanding. There is a line of research going on this right now -- based on an alternate theory of what the red shift of astronomical objects really means -- unfortunately, it doesn't take into account the background radiation that the Big Bang theory accounts for nicely (and predicted years before it was discovered).

24 posted on 08/08/2002 11:25:59 AM PDT by Junior
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