Thread: Big Bang or Big Slam?
View Single Post
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 21-September-2005, 05:49 AM
HenrikOlsen's Avatar
HenrikOlsen HenrikOlsen is offline
Moderator
  
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Denmark 55.6773° N 12.3610° E
Posts: 4,471
Send a message via MSN to HenrikOlsen Send a message via Yahoo to HenrikOlsen
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Mozina
It seems to me that one of the primary reasons that hydrogen is presumed to be the most abundant element, and the primary reason that suns are presumed to be iron poor is because we ASSUME that all matter formed in the Big Bang. I'd like to question that most basic of assumptions for a moment.
You have it the wrong way around.

We think hydrogen is the most abundant because that is what we see. Then we try to explain where it comes from, and the big bang is a good explanation.
__________________
An emperor without enemies, a king without a kingdom, supported in life by the willing tribute of a free people.
Cincinnati Enquirer headline about Emperor Norton I
Reply With Quote