In that trillionth of a second after the big bang, the universe expanded from the size of a marble to a volume larger than all of observable space through a process known as inflation.
| 2006/03/17 12:41:53 CST by Temporal |
That doesn't make sense. Stuff would have to be moving faster than the speed of light.
| 2006/03/18 05:50:10 CST by burn |
That doesn't make sense. Stuff would have to be moving faster than the speed of light.
I am sorry Temp – it’s a AP story so the sources have been verified - plus it is on the internet so it has to be true.
Plus I have video - from ABC
What Followed the Big Bang?
Defense Rests.
| 2006/03/19 05:11:01 CST by Temporal |
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In any case... journalists are notorious for misunderstanding science. In fact, they're notorious for misunderstanding just about everything. Seems like whenever there's a news article about something I actually know something about, the article is blatantly wrong on at least one important point. (Case in point: Every fucking article about Google, ever.)
| 2006/03/19 05:59:12 CST by burn |
What? Google doesn't use the blood of new born babies to power their server farms? I think we have two sources on that.
In any case... journalists are notorious for misunderstanding science. In fact, they're notorious for misunderstanding just about everything.
That is generalization -- a journalist’s job is to relay information. In this case the reporter had an interview with Michael Turner, assistant director for mathematics and physical sciences at the National Science Foundation. I do not see how anything in this article would mislead or is misinforming. It is Mr. Turner who described the theory of inflation to the reporter, who in turn summarizes it to a paragraph. The reporter is simply reporting on what he was told.
Plus a copy of the story was sent to Mr. Turner before this story was published and Mr. Turner would have been called to verify this info was true/factual.
Plus you need to cite examples - which news source is getting it blatantly wrong? AP? Reuters? Some local podunk paper?
| 2006/03/19 23:09:12 CST by derch Edited at 2006/03/19 23:10:14 CST |
Apparently the laws of physics do not apply to either creationists, or physicists when talking about the big bang.
Its all a bunch of handwaving anyways right?
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