Re:Astrophysicists propose new twist on Big Bang
by Iftheshoefits on Friday August 15, 2014 @04:46PM
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There are still theoretical physicists who rely on empirical validation of the hypotheses we create. That's rather the whole point, and I'd venture (hope?) that only a small fraction of theoretical physicist think otherwise.
Re:Astrophysicists propose new twist on Big Bang
by jafaku on Friday August 15, 2014 @06:00PM
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You know theory means explanation, not imagination, right?
Re:Astrophysicists propose new twist on Big Bang
by noobermin on Friday August 15, 2014 @09:59PM
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I use the definition for theory as a hypothesis that has received sufficient experimental validation. So, by definition, many of the frontier quantum-gravity stuff doesn't fit this, unfortunately as compelling and fascinating as they are.
Again, I'm just agreeing with what s/he said, that unless we have experiment/observation, we don't know whether this really describes our universe's origins and/or evolution.
A lot of "physicists" nowadays forget that we're supposed to be scientists, not dreamers. Dreams are nice, but experiment and observations valid theory.
I agree. Unless this has some modifications to the current model of the big bang which leads to _observable_effects_ , I don't know if this theory could even be validated as...well theory.