{"id":32999,"date":"2020-06-13T06:18:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T11:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=32999"},"modified":"2020-06-13T06:18:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T11:18:28","slug":"overthrowing-the-big-bang-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/13\/overthrowing-the-big-bang-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Overthrowing The Big Bang Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Professional Physicist,<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"I have a new theory of the origin of the universe. <\/em><\/p>\n

(You’re old theory<\/del> vs<\/em> my new theory<\/span><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

I would like you to stop what you are doing and listen to my theory, which simultaneously explains why everything you know is wrong<\/span>, but that’s OK, I know what is TRUE<\/span> INSTEAD. <\/em><\/p>\n

There are still some details to work out….<\/em><\/p>\n

No, but seriously, check out this new book: The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)<\/a>\"\"<\/strong> by Luke Barnes and Geraint Lewis.<\/p>\n

If you read a lot of books<\/span> about cosmology and the universe, you will not find much new<\/em> in this book, but you will find new<\/em> ways<\/strong> to think about all that old stuff. If you really do have a new<\/em> theory<\/strong> of everything<\/em><\/strong>, this book will give you some useful advice on how to buy your ticket<\/strong> into the physics game. Like, that you have to make sure your theory of everything 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 many<\/em> different TYPE<\/strong> FACES<\/em><\/strong> AND all caps in your write-up.<\/p>\n

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’t say “if you don’t have a mathematical formula for your theory, it isn’t a theory.” 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>\n

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>\n