--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >So, what is it? A hypothesis that "can be supported >by objective evidence" or merely a "plausible" working >hypothesis that awaits objective physical evidence >to be more than just plausible? >
Simple! Theories regarding the origin of the universe CAN be supported by objective evidence. For example, the original hot Big Bang theory IS supported by the 2.762 degrees Kelvin cosmic microwave background radiation, for which Penzias and Wilson received the 1978 Physics Nobel Prize. What I referred to as the "plausible working hypothesis" is a further elucidation of the physical nature of the Big Bang - the Hawking-Ellis-Penrose space-time singularity. As yet, there is no objective evidence to support this scientific hypothesis. But that does not mean that it CANNOT be supported by such evidence. From the long history of successes in Science, it is reasonable to think that this hypothesis or one of its alternatives CAN be supported by objective evidence. Cheers, Santosh
