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Originally Posted by shakermaker
It's not a matter of what scientists 'believe' Willow, it's a matter of what is actually there, and searching for what we can discover through tangible hypothesis. We can't be expected to settle with the knowledge of our existence coming from the silly and primitive story of Creation.
The whole process is much more complicated than big omnipotent man with big beard making mummy and daddy particles give birth to lots of baby particles and calling it our universe. There is the whole issue of dark matter and it's power that scientists will look into using the data provided from today. I for one am really excited about what happened today. Hopefully people of this generation will react to this like people of past generations reacted to the first moon landing; by way of inspiring new generations of scientists who are eager to find out about our universe and provide us with answers. I hope for a new age of reason and rationality, and for people to believe in science rather than stories of miracles and sacrificed goats.
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The issue of dark matter may not be all that controversial. Neutrinos could account for it ... the massive kind that is. And if they do, then this may be the mass that is needed for a "closed" universe theory to make sense. Perhaps you could spend some time looking into neutrino research, particularly the SNO in Canada. This is more productive than ridiculing the beliefs of others.