Do Astrophysicists Really Believe That Fantastic Stuff About the Big Bang Theory?

PSI Blog 20220926 Do Astrophysicists Really Believe That Fantastic Stuff About the Big Bang Theory?

They apparently do, but not for nefarious reasons.

Cosmogonist Finally Doubting the Big Bang Theory? (Photo by Donald Teel on Unsplash).

A question from Joe Lennon:

“Do astrophysicists really have an agenda to poison the minds of others? I wonder if they know that they are full of crap, and are just trying to dumb down others, or are they truly ignorant of their misinformation. Do they just want a world filled with others as stupid as they are, or do they want a world full of dummies that they can manipulate?”

[GB: Joe:

I don’t think that miseducation, regressive physics, cosmogony, religion, and capitalism are conspiracies, as some folks seem to think. It just so happens, however, that all those activities benefit certain people to the detriment of other people. If you don’t believe that, just “follow the money” and receive your edification. Aside from a comfortable existence, “money” means prestige, famosity, and control over others and the environment.

I don’t know if the folks you mention have even a vague notion of whether their propaganda is false or not, although I would imagine some of the more cynical ones probably do. Some may have gradually recognized the contradictions, but their careers depend on conforming, not challenging regressive physics. Some of those become “reformists” after retiring, although that generally means futilely trying to adapt relativity to reality.

I don’t suppose the philosophically naïve Einstein did anything more than run the gamut with his religious assumptions, moving physics from the real toward the imaginary. Theoretical physics, like the rest of philosophy, was, and still is, not immune to the struggle between the real and the imaginary. Because dreams and imaginings dominate the consciousness of humanity, there has always been overwhelming support for the imaginary.

For example, the bending of starlight through the Sun’s atmosphere reported in 1919 could be interpreted in two ways: 1) the realistic way: via refraction or 2) the imaginary way: via Einstein’s imagined “curved space-time.” Other “proofs” of relativity always follow the same pattern. When the math doesn’t work out and the sanctity of c is threatened, bring up imagined “time dilation” or “length contraction” in your interpretation. More recently, the shock waves and light waves both traveling at c from colliding cosmic bodies are said to result from the compression and decompression of perfectly empty space. Of course, the necessary aether medium might be considered imaginary too, but at least that is assumed to be a real something, not an imaginary nothing.

While most folks accepting the imaginary stuff are not well educated, cosmologists and physicists like Prof. Richard Feynman tend to be genius types. Still, the real problem concerns beginning assumptions. If those are incorrect, the subsequent analyses will be incorrect, which is becoming ever more obvious with each new Webb photo. That is why I emphasize the correction involving not the top down, but the bottom up — the foundation for thought. Without holding steadfast to the Ten Assumptions of Science, no paradigm change is possible in theoretical physics and cosmology. This will be slow in coming, what with the Ten Assumptions of Religion being favored by most folks, including the physicists and politicians who dole out the research funds.]

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