# Big Bang
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 22, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253 "2002-05-22T06:00:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Qeue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qeue)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253/1 "2002-05-22T06:00:53Z")
Evidence for supporting the theory of the Big Bang is as follows:
The darkness of the sky - Olbers paradox
The Hubble Law - the linear distance vs. redshift law
Homogeneity - our location in the universe is not special
Isotropy - the sky looks the same in all directions to 1 part in 100,000
CMBR - Cosmic microwave background radiation - the universe has evolved from a dense, isothermal state
Are you in agreement with this theory or do you think the universe has always existed ? Do you think the universe is finite in size or is infinite and boundless ?
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253/2 "2002-05-22T07:57:29Z")
Finite and boundless in my (unqualified) opinion.
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### Author:  [@Qeue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qeue)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253/3 "2002-05-22T14:26:24Z")
Mangetout
_Finite and boundless in my (unqualified) opinion._
Hey, who really _is_ qualified ? 😉
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### Author:  [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253/4 "2002-05-22T14:58:49Z")
Do you have a question of fact? Poll questions aren’t suitable for GQ.
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### Author:  [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253/5 "2002-05-22T15:07:58Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mangetout \*
> \*\*Finite and boundless in my (unqualified) opinion. \*\*
I used to think so as well (and I am just as unqualified as you if not more unqualified) but I think the new thinking on this is the Universe is flat and hence infinite.
Also, the is a new theory for the Big Bang called (I think) the [Cyclic Universe](http://www.sciam.com/explorations/2002/021102cyclic/) (or Brane…not really sure) theory. This new theory does away with some inconvieneces of Big Bang theory. Of course, it is a relatively new theory so it comes with problems of its own and still has a way to go before it topples the Big Bang as the reigning theory for Creation.
Still, I like the new theory because it postulates a recycling universe. If the Universe is inifinte and expands forever it means that sooner or later the Universe will die a heat death and be a completely uninteresting place. I find that possibility distinctly unsettling. I know choosing a theory based merely upon what I like isn’t very scientific but I can’t help it so I hope the Cyclic Universe deal pans out (or at least some theory that allows interesting universes to be re-created ad-naseum).
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### Author:  [@Qeue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qeue)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253/6 "2002-05-22T15:08:10Z")
muttrox
Sorry, I’m new here. If this thread is not in the appropriate forum, I would appreciate it moved.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Qeue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qeue)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253/7 "2002-05-23T14:51:23Z")
According to the Very Small Array, the Unverse is flat, Omega\_O is ~1, existence of dark matter and dark energy confirmed.
[http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/vsa/index.html](http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/vsa/index.html)
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### Author:  [@Qeue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qeue)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang/110253/8 "2002-05-23T14:57:11Z")
According to the Very Small Array, the Unverse is flat, Omega\_O is ~1, existence of dark matter and dark energy confirmed.
[http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/vsa/index.html](http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/vsa/index.html)