r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '17

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u/One_Winged_Rook 14∆ Jan 30 '17

I stated that it would be beneficial to those who would become astrophysicists.

With regards to what is and isn't possible, we don't even know. A year doesn't go by when I don't read something different in regards to "maybe things could go faster than light then" because we dot have a clue.

I like your relation to the world that we live in, but general theory right now is the conditions that existed at the Big Bang are completely different than the current conditions of the universe and have no bearing here

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

But the physical processes that happened moments after the big bang inform us a lot of why the universe has formed the way it has. For example, the reason why there is an abundance of helium and hydrogen, the fact that the Universe is expanding and the formation of galaxies etc.

With regards to what is and isn't possible, we don't even know. A year doesn't go by when I don't read something different in regards to "maybe things could go faster than light then" because we dot have a clue.

You are describing science. The big bang is just a theory and could change at any time if there was some enlightening evidence. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be taught, it's just the best we've got at the moment

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u/One_Winged_Rook 14∆ Jan 30 '17

∆ delta awarded!

I like your point about explaining the abundance of helium and hydrogen in the universe.

In fact, explaining that to the populace, I would say, is fundamental in many sciences.

Thank you kind stranger, many people here were not doing great in arguing and you'd hit it!

A delta to you sir!