Science is a wholly-owned subsidiary of materialism — Some guy
Maybe it makes sense in ways I don't understand — counterpunch
Like inflation theory? — Kenosha Kid
As far as I understand it, cosmic inflation occurred only very early on, shortly after the big bang - and on a small scale, 10 to the power minus 36 seconds after the singularity to 10 to the power minus 32 seconds. It doesn't explain how the universe is 93 light years wide but only 14 ish, billion years old. — counterpunch
But it does. Those estimates are themselves based on inflationary cosmological models. — Kenosha Kid
First key thing is that the " inflationary period", while brief, was insanely rapid, with every point pretty much moving at speed c away from its neighbouring points... — Kenosha Kid
Some say it could the path to the beginning of the end of human civilization. — Corvus
That's Love Island, not science ;) — Kenosha Kid
Yes, it's a matter of mentality switching from the comparable sanity of special relativity, in which an object cannot recede from another faster than c, to the insanity of general relativity, in which an object can recede at c while riding on a space that's also receding at c (making 2c). That no object can recede from another faster than c is a rule about _inertial_ frames, not curved spacetime. — Kenosha Kid
so the argument against science is that Counterpunch doesn't understand it. — Banno
Thanks! 14x2x2=56 - which only leaves 37bn light years accounted for by magic. I mean cosmic expansion. Close enough! — counterpunch
...so the argument against science is that Counterpunch doesn't understand it.
Sure. — Banno
The largeness of the unobservable universe is a requirement that the inflation yield the observable, homogeneous cosmos we see now. — Kenosha Kid
No, I don't think so. But thanks for trying. — counterpunch
Inflation is a mechanism for realizing the cosmological principle, which is the basis of the standard model of physical cosmology: it accounts for the homogeneity and isotropy of the observable universe. In addition, it accounts for the observed flatness and absence of magnetic monopoles. — Even Wiki, how lazy do you have to be to not even Wiki
Relevance? — Kenosha Kid
Maybe it makes sense in ways I don't understand — counterpunch
...so the argument against science is that Counterpunch doesn't understand it. — Banno
The Tenth Man is a devil’s advocate. If there are 10 people in a room and nine agree, the role of the tenth is to disagree and point out flaws in whatever decision the group has reached.
I'll let you talk - but frankly, you know less than I do. — counterpunch
I can only suggest you write to the astrophysical journal — counterpunch
controversy over, problem solved by "insanely rapid" cosmic expansion! — counterpunch
This maybe the key to unlocking some doors to...the twilight zone! Press on, o philosopher! Lead the way! — TheMadFool
The one astrophysical journal. :joke: — Kenosha Kid
...how lazy do you have to be to not even Wiki — Kenosha Kid
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