Skepticism: Is Carmelian Cosmology Meaningful?

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In a serious thread, a newbie brought up Carmelian cosmology and clearly thinks it's meaningful but in the brief look I gave it, it looks like nonsense, which is why I put this post in Skepticism & Debunking.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

EDIT: Never mind. I spent a few more minutes looking at it. It's lunacy.
 
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It amazes me that people with that much physics experience, at least an undergrad degree in physics I'd say, can still be so convinced of things so crazy.
 
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