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Old 01-April-2008, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by IvanNightsky View Post
He doesn't use high school science, everyone doing that would do better. He doesn't even describe any physical theory, he's just using the name "big bang".

Like someone said some time ago: "It's not even wrong".
Source below.

As to the quoted article in the OP, it sounds like someone who learned his physics from press releases and now thinks he knows more than those who do it for a living.
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