I need to write a paper on trying to convience a non beilever of the bing bang theory. but im having trouble starting it any suggestions
2007-09-26 12:01:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
1. We see the Universe expanding, which is what would be expected either indefinitely or until gravity reversed the movement.
2. If there was a big bang about 13 to 15 billion years ago, we should measure cosmic radiation in every direction, at an extremely uniform temperature of about 3 degrees Kelvin. This was predicted early in the 20th century. Then is was verified some decades later by Penzias and Wilson.
3. Olber's paradox suggests that the Universe is not infinite. This is not proof of the big bang but it does damage the steady state theory, and thus the idea of an infinitely spacious and infinitely old Universe.
4. There is no evidence that any other beginning may have occurred.
While these are not absolute proofs of the big bang, it is the best we can do now. As difficult as it is to accept an acausal, sudden beginning of the Universe, it is no more perplexing than the idea of a Universe which had no beginning, or least plausible of all, a Universe that was created by a god.
2007-09-26 12:17:31 · answer #1 · answered by Brant 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There's a novel way to approach this that makes everyone angry, and that's why it is best. You set up a bait and switch paper--start off with a little bio about Georges Lemaitre--a monk from the Vatican. How he was inspired by the words of Genesis in the bible: "Let there be light" and thus conceived of an initial universe very different from the one today, that the universe first consisted of energy (aka light) and later evolved into its present form. Go ahead and fill out all the details, how scientists that set off to prove Lemaitre wrong only obtained results that helped SUPPORT his idea, the microwave background radiation, Hubble's cosmic expansion, other experimental evidence, etc. All the bible thumpers will be going "Aw, yeah!" All the materialist eggheads will be going, "This is crap . . ." And then at the end, let them know of the theory's current name: The Big Bang. Win/Win. It really messes with people. You can check out the results here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao4XAxViHRl8KMEVFTHlomrty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070530104442AAVtRON
2007-09-26 20:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by supastremph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a colossal waste of time and paper. Trying to convince someone who 'believes' in creationism is a waste of time and energy. 'Proof' will never override 'belief'. It's like trying to teach Calculus to a pig. All you'll do is frustrate yourself and irritate the pig.
But go check out any of the sites that come up when you type 'big bang' into a search engine.
Doug
2007-09-26 19:15:39 · answer #3 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"The Vindication of the Big Bang" by Barry Parker is a pretty good resource to start with for this.
2007-09-26 19:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Explain that science backs the theory. That it could really happen.
2007-09-26 19:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by kalleygurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You ought to do more research....recent evidence about quantized Doppler shift of distant galaxies suggests that the big bang theory is totally incorrect.
Google quantized red shift or something similar.
2007-09-26 19:26:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
BOOM BANG what caused this to happen where did it come from to cause such an event hello any one out there yet to hear me .
2007-09-26 19:14:32 · answer #7 · answered by the only 1 hobo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋