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Science's Epic Fails

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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Isn't It Bright?

In the 19 seventies, stephen weimberg said that the steady state theory of cosmology is a good theory. But he defined it as a good theory because it made very specific predictions which could be tested. In this case, if you look out to distant galaxies ten billion light years away, you would see a universe that looks exactly the same as it does to day. So i'm 20 fo o our ninteoyis the be sano. I am quite dee about it, but i do think it's interesting. And even if it's not massively significant, and if it just slightly changes the game, and it slightly modifies the game, that's interesting

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