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Old 06-November-2004, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by astonomy
Of course, if you disagree with redshift-distance relationship, you can do whatever you please, I guess.
No. As we all know the observational constraints are very stringent. Any tweaking of the distance modulus has instant repercussions for other piles of data. It is not easy to find plausible solutions outside of the BB framework.

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The controversy is very much alive,
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Not in the community it isn't.]
The community needs to quit parroting the gurus and ask hard questions.

A good one to start with is: What do you mean 99% of the universe is not anything we know anything about?

Come to think of it, I had a Sunday School teacher explain the universe to me the same way.
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