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Dan, isn't it the case that the galaxies are fleeing from each other for TWO
reasons? Now I am stuck for layman language: They are "moving" apart *and"
the distance between them is getting bigger. How does one say that to a lay
person?
Aren't there some first cause theories? -- I forget the names. "Quantum
fluctuations" seem to be at their heart. Quantum fluctuation of what is a
mystery and is usually buried in the hand waving
And if we can say something helpful to lay people about the first
(relatively long) minute or so, (after all National Geographic did it) how
do we answer the question of what happened before that minute -- Is it that
here was NO such thing as time or was it that nobody was around to start
counting. (:-)
Further, ex nihilo also implies that at 10^-42 sec before the 10^-43 sec
after creation there weren't nothin' there -- where ever "there" was.
In sum, I take it that the language I offered is lacking (at least in part)
because it actually assumes a "beginning", but do you object to my expanding
language?