As far as I'm aware, the cyclic model says nothing about the CREATION of the universe, so you've given an invalid answer to your own question. That's the problem with turtles all the way down.11jdodds said:Personally I like Cyclic model, what do you think is the most interesting, and which do you think is the most likely.Title is meant to say universe
Cheers mate, however I am sure you know what I mean (do you not).phinds said:As far as I'm aware, the cyclic model says nothing about the CREATION of the universe, so you've given an invalid answer to your own question. That's the problem with turtles all the way down.
Proper formulation of questions is very important in science. Sloppy terminology evolves from and/or leads to sloppy thinking and wrong answers (or answers that are not to the question you thought you were asking). I KNOW this sounds pedantic as hell, but it has been demonstrated on this forum over and over again.11jdodds said:Cheers mate, however I am sure you know what I mean (do you not).
Also how would you word the question?
Thanksphinds said:Proper formulation of questions is very important in science. Sloppy terminology evolves from and/or leads to sloppy thinking and wrong answers (or answers that are not to the question you thought you were asking). I KNOW this sounds pedantic as hell, but it has been demonstrated on this forum over and over again.
I would state the question as "the currently accepted theory of cosmology is the Big Bang Theory but it is silent on the question of what was going on / what happened at t=0 (the "singularity"). What do you think was going on / happened?"
In what way do you see "beginning" as being different than "creation"? I am NOT trying to be hard to get along with here, I am trying to help you understand that your question is actually vague.11jdodds said:As phinds has said the 'creation' of the universe is the wrong word, therefore I would like to replace it with the word 'beginning'
Vanadium 50 said:In science we do not vote.
I will give it a try. Where is that walrus now ?jim mcnamara said:there is no known way to test that statement
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The Steady State Theory is a now-discredited theory that suggests the universe has always existed in a steady state, with no beginning or end. This theory is controversial because it goes against the widely accepted Big Bang Theory and is not supported by observational evidence. Additionally, the Steady State Theory was popularized by a small group of scientists and was not widely accepted by the scientific community.
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