The Big Bang - Woo or not?

[ben m]

Why?

You appear to be confused.

This is a thread about the Big Bang. It has no direct relation to PC, or Lerner, or any other competing theory. I would appreciate it if you would answer directly the question raised above.

The post I cited is an explicit explanation of the predictive power of the LCDM Big Bang hypothesis, particularly with respect to the CMB. My subsequent posts in this thread explain how the this predictiveness extends to the other standard precision-cosmology observables.

 

[KingMerv00]

Another prediction:

I hereby predict that the majority of galaxies yet to be measured will be redshifted and that the amount of the shift will be exponentially proportional to their distance from Earth.

 

[Zeuzzz]

Another prediction:

I hereby predict that the majority of galaxies yet to be measured will be redshifted and that the amount of the shift will be exponentially proportional to their distance from Earth.

And how would you differentiate between a reasonable extrapolation of a trend in already existing data and a definite theory based pre-data collection prediction?

 

[KingMerv00]

And how would you differentiate between a reasonable extrapolation of a trend in already existing data and a definite theory based pre-data collection prediction?

There isn't a need to differentiate. Every new measurement is a new test of the theory.

 

[Reality Check]

Originally Posted by sol invictus
You asserted that PC is more predictive than the BB. Now it's time to back that up.

(Please excuse the paraphrasing)


You imply that BBT is more predictive than others. Time to back it up.

I am amazed that you remain ignorant of this, Zeuzzz.
The cosmic microwave background radiation.
BBT matches the data. Other theories such as PC do not.

• black-body spectrum.
• temperature.
• primary anisotropy.