Original Message: ----------------- From: Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:10:41 +1000 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity
----- Original Message ----- From: <dsummersmi...@comcast.net> To: <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:38 AM Subject: Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity > Finally, I assume that modern physics (say from SR on) is correct, and we > do not live in a Newtonian/Maxwellian universe. If you give me that much, > I can show why the principal alternatives to the big bang have far bigger > problems in matching data than does the big bang (especially as modified > by > inflation). >What are the principal alternatives? The main ones I know of are the steady state universe and the various young universe theories that creationists come up with. The former was a real scientific theory, the latter aren't. >Do they include a matrix like we are all living in a simulation scenario? No, that's metaphysics. >I don't disbelieve the big bang theory, but the theory of evolution seems >much more elegant and obvious by comparison. Well, elegance is a YMMV kinda thing. Although I do agree that there is something inelegant about renormalization, it works very very well, and nothing has taken its place yet, after almost 60 years. >Also the big bang theory might model things very well, but to me it seems >somewhat unfullfilling. The interesting question is, What caused the big >bang? That's the real Brane Teaser. The best explaination I've seen is the freezing of the vacume. But, at some point, theories just start with axioms. Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
