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n2doc

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Fri Oct 2, 2015, 04:27 PM Oct 2015

Planet Bieber update: Justin debunks the big bang theory

It is typically intriguing of Justin Bieber to choose cosmology for his first foray into scientific debunking, when many feel he could provide a more elegant rebuke to Darwinism. Either way, it’s bad news for Cern (Twitter followers: 1.24 million) as Justin (Twitter followers: 68 million) finally starts using his power for good – in this case, to explain how ludicrous the so-called origins of the universe are.

“I’m the type of dude who always wants to figure it out,” explains the What Do U Mean hitmaker. “Science makes a lot of sense,” he concedes. Or does he? “Then I start thinking — wait, the ‘big bang’. For a ‘big bang’ to create all this is more wild to think about than thinking about there being a God. Imagine putting a bunch of gold into a box, shaking up the box, and out comes a Rolex. It’s so preposterous once people start saying it.”

Word. I think I read somewhere that the watchmaker was blind, but maybe we need to accept that he was just wearing really limited-edition Wayfarers.

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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2015/oct/01/justin-bieber-debunks-big-bang-theory?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

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Planet Bieber update: Justin debunks the big bang theory (Original Post) n2doc Oct 2015 OP
Reminds me of Neil Turok, some may like to also search for the World Science Festival jakeXT Oct 2015 #1
Another brainiac like Palin. nt valerief Oct 2015 #2

jakeXT

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1. Reminds me of Neil Turok, some may like to also search for the World Science Festival
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 05:38 PM
Oct 2015


The universe revealed by observations is spectacularly simple: spatially flat, with nearly scale-invariant fluctuations. Nevertheless, there are major puzzles: what happened at the singularity? what are the dark energy and dark matter? where is the universe heading? Until LHC tells us otherwise, these conundra are the most important clues to new physics beyond the standard model. Inflationary cosmology is the most popular theory of the very early universe, but fails in important respects. The idea of a "Creation from Nothing" also seems problematic. A cyclical universe involving repeated big crunch/big bang transitions may be more attractive: I will explain recent progress in developing this scenario.
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