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Old 04-October-2008, 02:42 AM
Nereid Nereid is offline
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Originally Posted by rcglinsk View Post
How do I disprove the big bang theory?
How about making observations that are inconsistent with the theory (as long as they are independently validated and verified, and are pertinent, in terms of the scope of the observations and the theory)?

Or you could show that the theory contains intolerable internal inconsistencies.

Or that it is inconsistent with well-established theories where their respective domains of applicability overlap.

In other words, just the same way you'd "disprove" any other scientific theory ...