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"In standard Big Bang cosmology, the universe expanded from a very dense, hot and opaque initial state. The light that was last scattered about 380,000 years later, when the universe had become transparent, has been redshifted and is now seen as thermal radiation with a temperature of 2.7 K, the cosmic microwave background (CMB)."
(Does standard cosmology really predict the cosmic microwave background?). But there are several arguments that nullify that portion of the hypothesis, for example:
"However, since light escapes faster than matter can move, it is
prudent to ask how we, made of matter from this very source, can still
see the light. In order for this to be possible, the light must take a
return path of the right length. A curved return path is possible in
spatially closed, balloon-like models, but in standard cosmology, the
universe is “flat” rather than balloon-like, and it lacks a boundary
surface that might function as a reflector. Under these premises,
radiation that once filled the universe homogeneously cannot do so
permanently after expansion, and we cannot see the last scattering
event. It is shown that the traditional calculation of the CMB
temperature is inappropriate and that light emitted by any source
inside the Big Bang universe earlier than half its “conformal age” can
only become visible to us via a return path. Although often advanced
as the best evidence for a hot Big Bang, the CMB actually tells against
a formerly smaller universe and so do also distant galaxies."
(ibid). That Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is composed of photons which only exist when they are moving at the speed of light.
They are utterly consumed when they impact an atom, becoming only potential energy (equal to the energy of the photon) within that atom:
"The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is believed to be the residual effect of an alleged primordial explosion and as such is the only evidence supporting the big bang hypothesis. However, precise measurements by the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE) indicate that the CMB is blackbody radiation most probably caused by interstellar dust. The CMB is smooth and looks the same in all directions for the same reason that a fog looks smooth and uniform in all directions. The CMB appears as an electromagnetic fog on optical telescopes and as a static hum on radio telescopes.
In 1964, cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) was discovered by radio astronomers Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias. They heard the CMB as a static buzzing sound coming from every part of the sky. Big bang proponents had been searching for confirming evidence for their singularity theory, and they hoped this would be it.
CMB radiation can be detected by telescope in every direction as a patchy background, about 13.4 billion light-years away. This observation is mistakenly believed to be thermal radiation left over from recombination, the epoch during which charged electrons and protons supposedly first became bound to form electrically neutral hydrogen atoms, shortly after the alleged big bang. The assumption is that hydrogen, the lightest element, was made exclusively during the big bang and in the general area of its supposed origin. However, ionized hydrogen gas permeates the entire universe."
(Cosmic Microwave Background is Electromagnetic Fog). There are other fanciful concepts in the hypothesis (Quantum Biology - 9, @ "II").
The "playing with dolls" humorous criticism in the Quantum Biology link is milder than the "dogmatism" criticism in the following quote:
"Notice what is going on here. The data disagree with the model, so the data must be wrong. This is the reverse of the way that science is supposed to work. But it is an example of an all-too-common attitude that has been rampant in cosmology for decades. It’s often been said in cosmology circles that data should never get in the way of a good model. Also notice that there is no evidence for this bubble. Far too many people apparently think that the necessity of the bubble to salvage the model is evidence for its existence. Again, this is not how science is supposed to work. Such rescuing devices have been par for the course in cosmology for decades. As problems have arisen, cosmologists have invoked all sorts of hypothetical things, such as inflation, to fix the problems. Though there is no evidence for these rescuing devices, cosmologists are convinced that these rescuing devices must be true, or else the big bang model would be wrong. The reasoning is that since the big bang model must be true, then it follows that anything the big bang model requires must also be true. It never occurs to most scientists that the big bang model may not be true. There is a word for this attitude. That word is dogmatism."
(Cosmic Bubble Hypothesis Highlights Another Big Bang Problem). And don't forget the "Symmetrons" who built "the cosmic walls" (Mysterious invisible walls may have been discovered in outer space).
The main issue is the nature of electromagnetic radiation (e.g. "light").
Photons of electromagnetic radiation only exist while moving at the speed of light (~186,282 miles per second) and cease to exist when absorbed by an atom.
This issue came up years ago when I was young, and it came up again when I was coding a C++ photon class some years ago in an Oceanography program that is used for many purposes, including here on Dredd Blog (cf. eg. Link).
Some quantum doodles:
e = hv
e = mc2
hv=mc2
============
mc2 = hv
then:
c2 = hO/m
LEGEND:
"hO" = potential enthalpy
"h" is Planck's constant
"v" = frequency
"m" = mass
"c" = speed of light
e=hv
e=mc2
hv=mc2
v=mc2/h
h=mc2/v
hv/c2=m
hv/m=c2
("Photons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholics." Woody Allen)
Notice how the speed of light and time ("Time is what prevents everything from happening at once." Einstein) impact on the following:
"Scientists believe the creation of the long, bright pulse occurred when a massive star in the Sagitta constellation — about 2.4 billion light-years away — collapsed into a supernova explosion and became a black hole. The star was likely many times the mass of our sun."
(CNN). Notice that "light-years away" will not equate in many people's minds to "this event took place 2.4 billion years ago", but we are seeing it now because it takes light that long to reach us from there.
The previous post in this series is here.
Penrose mentions one of my doodles:
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