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	Big Bang or Big Goof?

wildcat

11-19-2007 6:09 AM

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astronomy, universe, bg bang, paradigm shift?, cosmos

wildcat says:

In other words, astronomers who mistook the "seeds" for objects on the edge of the universe are like someone who looks outdoors through a window and mistakes smudges on the glass for clouds in the sky.

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11-19-2007 8:55 AM

syncopath

what is the good of a well known theory if not to carry us on till the next one will take over ? .... (and to surrender in peace ..

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