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To: Physicist
That's not an assumption, but an observation.

The only way that could be an observation would be if you were there fifty gazillion years ago and SAW the universe being created. Anything else is in fact a collection of assumptions, along with a few observations of phenomena which can be observed, measured, and INTERPRETED, in accordance WITH the assumptions.

Other than that, I notice that every other sentence on your FR page begins with 'I' or 'My'. That's the basic characteristic of an egomaniac, not somebody interested in discovering the laws of the universe or whose judgement on what was going on fifty gazillion years ago I would view as meaningful.

19 posted on 03/16/2003 7:06:44 AM PST by merak
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To: merak
The only way that could be an observation would be if you were there fifty gazillion years ago and SAW the universe being created.

But light travels at a finite speed, therefore to look outwards in space is to look backwards in time. We can very nearly see all the way back to the very beginning; what stops us just short is that the early universe was dense enough to be opaque to light.

We have hopes that gravitational waves will someday allow us to see even further back.

Other than that, I notice that every other sentence on your FR page begins with 'I' or 'My'.

LOL! It is, after all, MY webpage.

20 posted on 03/16/2003 7:53:17 AM PST by Physicist
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To: merak
Just curious: why did you click on my screen name?
21 posted on 03/16/2003 8:03:01 AM PST by Physicist
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To: merak

Lol, look who got the zot. :P


70 posted on 02/07/2005 1:19:42 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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