Big Bang theory is wrong!

[happyman]

Melbourne(Australia) researchers believe they may be on the brink of rewriting the history of the universe.
A paper being published in a U.S physics journal?,suggests it may be possible to view "cracks" in the universe that would support the theory of Quantum Graphity-considered to be the holy grail of physics.
The team of researchers from University Melbourne and R.M.I.T say instead of thinking of the start of the universe as being a big bang,we should imagine it as a cooling of water into ice.
"Think of of the early universe as being like liquid,"Melbourne University theoretical physics researcher James Quach said.
"Then as the universe cools,it 'crystallises.'
"the reason we use the water analogy is water is without form."
"In the beginning there wasn't even space,space did not exist because there was no form."
Their research rests on a school of thought that has emerged recently to suggest space is made of invisible building blocks,like atoms,that can be thought of as similar to pixels that make up images on a plasma T.V.
Mr Quach says the standing model for the origins of the universe the big bang,needs to be rewritten.
He hopes 'experimentalists' will be able to find evidence to support the theory put forward by the Melbourne team of researchers,that would replace it.
"The biggest problem with the big bang model is the bang itself,"Mr Quach says.
"At the bang,physics breaks down."
"The model cannot make any predictions at what occurs at the big bang.You can't use any of the mathematics or any of the theories."
Mr Quach and his fellow researchers theorise that if quantum graphity "cracks" do exists,they will bend or reflect light,which,if observed through a telescope would support their predictions.
"If they prove my predictions thats really good evidence for the condensed matter model of quatum graphity in which case you can throw out all other attempts."
Meanwhile Dr Sheldon Cooper is in the corner gently rocking

[oldgreg]

soft kitty warm kitty little ball of fur

[blu-mike]

Bazinga punk!

[Blu-Benny]

here i was expecting a slam on the tv show!!

[Johnny Vinyl]

What came before the Big Bang?

[PrivatePixel]

It seems that the (so-called) press release is being scrutinized, that the submission by the author did not undergo peer review and the media ran with the story without understanding the information presented within (you don't say? )

Here is Ars Techica's take on the report (from someone with a background in cosmology).

[Livelong420]

I like the part where they pawn off the theory for some one else to prove.

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

What came before the Big Bang?

a giant flash.

[Hayabusa85]

I wish Kaley Cuoco would flas............ errrr ummm I mean this is very interesting news.

[pentatonic]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

a giant flash.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by PrivatePixel

It seems that the (so-called) press release is being scrutinized, that the submission by the author did not undergo peer review and the media ran with the story without understanding the information presented within (you don't say? )

Here is Ars Techica's take on the report (from someone with a background in cosmology).

Your reading of the article is not accurate. The paper was peer-reviewed. However, the claims he is making to the press and through the press release are not part of the paper, because they would never pass peer review.

The huge disconnect between what the paper actually says and what the author is promoting in the non-technical press is disturbing. Anyone who didn't read the paper might think it supports what Quach is saying in interviews, and what the university press office passed along unreservedly. Effectively, the author attempted to bypass the peer review process any legitimate scientific paper must go through and appealed straight to the public, presenting claims that probably would not pass muster with experts in the field.

[nefilim]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

What came before the Big Bang?

someone light the fuse.

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by sycro

Your reading of the article is not accurate. The paper was peer-reviewed. However, the claims he is making to the press and through the press release are not part of the paper, because they would never pass peer review.

Oops, you're right. The paper was published in Physical Review D, a peer-review journal, but what the author is communicating to the press and the non-scientific community is different than what was written initially.

[happyman]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

What came before the Big Bang?

Ms Annabelle Chong made herself ready"Bazinga",

seriously James and the guy who thinks reality is a holograph should get together and decide the universe is a mathematical crystaline floppy disc,problem solved!