Re: Evidence for "Big Bang Theory"
JAMES BENTHALL (st26h@jane.uh.edu)
27 Apr 1995 13:32 CDT
In article <467@landmark.iinet.net.au>, gil@landmark.iinet.net.au (Gil Hardwick) writes...
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>In article <19APR199517392897@jane.uh.edu>, JAMES BENTHALL (st26h@jane.uh.edu) writes:
>>Just to correct a common misunderstanding. The Big Bang did not explode
>>"into" anything--there was no "space" to explode into. The Big Bang (it
>>is theorized) "created" the space as the expansion occurred. When we are
>>looking at quasars millions of light-years distant receding from us, they
>>are not receding "into" space, rather *the space between us is expanding*!
>>We are stationary and the quasar is stationary, but the space between us
>>is expanding!
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>What a silly idea. Not surprising at all that the mind boggles trying
>to get a grip on it.
This is called a "refutation from incredulity." I can assure you that
many people with PhD's in astrophysics (such as my former astronomy
professor) find the above credible.
>Ah, James, let me ask you what is space but a whole lot of nothingness
>to start with?
Thats correct, space is mostly nothingness--unless it is filled by the
elusive "dark matter".
>Are you arguing that this primordial Big Bang created a whole lot of
>new nothingness
yes, this is the picture
>as it expanded into the old nothingness
according to the theory, there was no old nothingness. It *created*
the space as it expanded. Read Weinberg's _The First Three Minutes_ and
I'll read Zukav.
james
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