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Thread #123911 Message #2956733
Posted By: Bill D
02-Aug-10 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: What went Big Bang?
Subject: RE: BS: What went Big Bang?
I don't know what you might get in the UK, Michael, but here there are more & more programs on the "Discovery Channel" and such, asking these questions and postulating many 'adjusted' theories....with better graphics every year! Some of the imaginings of what the 'bang' might have looked like are worth watching, just like a fireworks show when you don't know the occasion.
There are some truly interesting ideas being kicked around, but seldom with any content that would change any minds ... except among mathematicians and physicists.
I see that they have added a few terms to the 'banging' recently...such as 'inflation', which seems to describe the first few seconds of the 'bang' as being unimaginably hot and fast...perhaps even beyond the speed of light. They are toying with words about "what went bang", but all they can do, of course, is say "it agrees with certain OTHER assumptions".
It's fun watching what computers and digital technology can do with the graphics.