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Related: About this forumPlanet Bieber update: Justin debunks the big bang theory
It is typically intriguing of Justin Bieber to choose cosmology for his first foray into scientific debunking, when many feel he could provide a more elegant rebuke to Darwinism. Either way, its bad news for Cern (Twitter followers: 1.24 million) as Justin (Twitter followers: 68 million) finally starts using his power for good in this case, to explain how ludicrous the so-called origins of the universe are.
Im the type of dude who always wants to figure it out, explains the What Do U Mean hitmaker. Science makes a lot of sense, he concedes. Or does he? Then I start thinking wait, the big bang. For a big bang to create all this is more wild to think about than thinking about there being a God. Imagine putting a bunch of gold into a box, shaking up the box, and out comes a Rolex. Its so preposterous once people start saying it.
Word. I think I read somewhere that the watchmaker was blind, but maybe we need to accept that he was just wearing really limited-edition Wayfarers.
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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2015/oct/01/justin-bieber-debunks-big-bang-theory?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
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(10,575 posts)The universe revealed by observations is spectacularly simple: spatially flat, with nearly scale-invariant fluctuations. Nevertheless, there are major puzzles: what happened at the singularity? what are the dark energy and dark matter? where is the universe heading? Until LHC tells us otherwise, these conundra are the most important clues to new physics beyond the standard model. Inflationary cosmology is the most popular theory of the very early universe, but fails in important respects. The idea of a "Creation from Nothing" also seems problematic. A cyclical universe involving repeated big crunch/big bang transitions may be more attractive: I will explain recent progress in developing this scenario.