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Originally Posted by dcl
This theory posits the universe as having suddenly come into existence at a single point somewhere in space a long way back in time...
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Not really. We just know that there must have been a very, very dense, hot phase in the early universe that was expanding and cooling rapidly. After three minutes, it was no longer hot enough to make helium out of hydrogen.
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Originally Posted by dcl
...this initial creation event occurred some 13.7 billion years ago.
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"Creation event" is certainly highly charged with religious overtones. Since we know so little about what's going on at t = 10
-44 sec., we can't rule out there was something going on before that..... so "creation event" may not be appropriate.
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Originally Posted by dcl
In the following, I offer a description of the present SHAPE of the universe that seems consistent with observation. There is not and probably never will be any way to prove or disprove its validity.
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Scientific theories are not
proven. They are supported by observations... or not.