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29 - How the Big Bang Won the Debate About the Beginning of Time

Why This Universe?

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The Importance of Branding in Science Theory

The Big Bang is still the phrase that we use as physicists. Hoyle never liked the Big Bang theory or really any other theory that talked about the beginning of the universe. He just said there's nothing science could ever do to find out how the universe began. So in his view, this was stuff that theologian should be talking about and scientists should just leave alone.

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