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		<title>Overthrowing The Big Bang Theory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 11:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Professional Physicist, I have a new theory of the origin of the universe. (You&#8217;re old theory vs my new theory) I would like you to stop what you are doing and listen to my theory, which simultaneously explains why everything you know is wrong, but that&#8217;s OK, I know what is TRUE INSTEAD. There &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/13/overthrowing-the-big-bang-theory/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Overthrowing The Big Bang Theory</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Dear Professional Physicist,</em></p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="33000" data-permalink="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/13/overthrowing-the-big-bang-theory/yellingatcloud/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="YellingAtCloud" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud.jpg?fit=604%2C340&amp;ssl=1" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-33000" src="https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169" alt="" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud.jpg?resize=650%2C366&amp;ssl=1 650w, https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YellingAtCloud.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><em>I have a new theory of the origin of the universe. </em></p>
<p>(<del>You&#8217;re old theory</del> <em>vs</em> <strong><span style="color: #ff00ff;">my new theory</span></strong>)</p>
<p><em>I would like you to stop what you are doing and listen to my theory, which simultaneously explains why <span style="color: #ffcc00;">everything you know is wrong</span>, but that&#8217;s OK, I know what is <span style="color: #33cccc;">TRUE</span> INSTEAD. </em></p>
<p><em>There are still some details to work out&#8230;.</em></p>
<p>No, but seriously, check out this new book: <strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1108486703/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1108486703&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=grlasbl0a-20&amp;linkId=036796f17b74fa0084c2c6f0ceac2948" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Cosmic Revolutionary&#8217;s Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)</a><img decoding="async" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1108486703" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /></strong> by Luke Barnes and Geraint Lewis.</p>
<p>If you read<span style="color: #800000;"> a lot of books</span> about cosmology and the universe, you will not find much <em>new</em> in this book, but you will find <em>new</em> <strong>ways</strong> to think about all that old stuff. If you really do have a <em>new</em> <strong>theory</strong> of <strong><em>everything</em></strong>, this book will give you some useful advice on how to <strong>buy your ticket</strong> into the physics game. Like, that you have to make sure your theory of everything <em>works</em> in a way that does not result in the night sky being as bright as the day sky, or makes light do something it does not do, and so on. Also, do not use <em>many</em> different <strong>TYPE</strong> <strong><em>FACES</em></strong> AND all caps in your write-up.</p>
<p>Interestingly, one of the things the actual-cosmologists-authors do NOT say is something I often hear from pro-physicists about TOE-pushers. They don&#8217;t say &#8220;if you don&#8217;t have a mathematical formula for your theory, it isn&#8217;t a theory.&#8221; I hear that all the time and I always thought there was something wrong with that. Seems to me that a totally wrong mathematical theory is too much of a likelihood.</p>
<p>The best overview of this book, which you SHOULD read, is from the authors themselves who made a video talking about the book. Here:</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mJenVnrAZhU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>See? Visual proof that this is a good book. Check out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1108486703/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1108486703&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=grlasbl0a-20&amp;linkId=036796f17b74fa0084c2c6f0ceac2948" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Cosmic Revolutionary&#8217;s Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)</a><img decoding="async" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1108486703" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />. As of this writing, on sale now.*</p>
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		<title>Ethan Siegel on The Universe</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/06/07/ethan-siegel-on-the-universe/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2016 19:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check out our detailed interview with the famous and amazing Ethan Siegel. We talk about the history of understanding the universe, why you should believe in Dark Matter even though it is obviously fake, why exploring uranus can lead to the discovery of amazing things, and more.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out our <a href="http://ikonokast.com/2016/05/26/bang-dark-matter-dark-energy-illuminated-ethan-siegel/">detailed interview with the famous and amazing Ethan Siegel</a>.</p>
<p>We talk about the history of understanding the universe, why you should believe in Dark Matter even though it is obviously fake, why exploring uranus can lead to the discovery of amazing things, and more.</p>
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