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Originally Posted by markg85
Interesting story
and i believe almost none of it 
when i see aritcles about new things discovered (not only space stuff) it's nearly always below or above what they expected and nearly never exactly what they thought. also just putting a number on the universe TTL seems funny in the article but i'm really having a hard time believing it all. Perhaps in about 10 years they discover something completely new that all of a sudden makes the universe 10x older (or younger) than they think it currently is.. and WHERE did they even got the 60 billion people number from!! that's just hot air... like there is a counter somewhere that counts down from 120 billion to 0 and explodes when it's at 0 
What i do believe is that the sun and this solar system are gonna die one day but i don't believe the numbers.. the estimates are kinda rough.
Sorry for making fun about the article but i'm not buying it.. but it's a nice article |
Mark
Its bad science to 'disbelieve' on the principle that an idea is probably going to be superseeded at some point in the future. If we took that stance then Newtons (ultimately incorrect) theory would have been dismissed on the grounds that it would someday be shown to be wrong.
I like these ideas - but I don't know if they're right or wrong. I simply don't know. You on the other hand DO seem to know - you know they're wrong. Definate unshakable views on scientific thinking are a dangerous thing - it leads to stagnation and dead ends. Open mindedness - thats the key.