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Re: [Phys-l] Big Bang density



John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:
> As far as I can tell, the interesting part of this
> thread has rather little to do with the big bang, and more
> to do with what
> people mean when they talk about "infinity".

Agreed. I honestly can't imagine any scientist honestly considering any density anywhere as "infinite."

There have been a few papers in recent years about the Big Bang being created by colliding branes and that sort of thing. See (esp) New Scientist, which really goes for this kind of scientific conjecture.

David

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