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Elementary ‐ Global View ‐ Big Bang Theory
(C0094)
A: What’s up? You don’t look too good.
B: Yeah, my head hurts, that’s all. I’ve been in physics
class all day. It’s killer!
A: I liked physics. It’s all math, really; arcs, curves,
velocity, cool stuff.
B: Yeah, yeah, but today’s lesson was all about the
creation of the universe.
A: A physics class about the creation of the universe?
That’s some pretty unscientific language there. Sounds
more religious to me.
B: It’s all religion. Take the theory of the Big Bang. How
is it possible that all of the stuff in the universe comes
from an explosion? That’s no better than Atlas carrying the
globe on his back or African myths about turtles and stuff.
A: Turtles? Whatever... Look, all that’s required for the
creation of matter an imbalance of particles and
anti-particles. At least, that’s what the math says.
B: Math, shmath. What’s the evidence?
A: There is evidence! You know Edwin Hubble? He’s the
guy who in the early twentieth century was the first
scientist to measure the drift of matter in the universe, thus
advancing notions of an expanding universe. What would
it be expanding from? Well, the Big Bang... DUH!
B: Anyway, it’s just a theory. Why do people go around
touting theories? Where’s the scientific rigor in that?
A: Dude, don’t equivocate. A theory only becomes a
theory after withstanding rigorous testing. You slept
through class, didn’t you?
B: Agh! You’re making my head hurt again! Quit with the
questions!