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kennyc · 11-28-2010, 11:39 AM

Here he goes again

Cosmic rebirth
Circular patterns in the universe's pervasive background radiation suggest the Big Bang was only the latest of many.....

Here is the Science News version:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...Cosmic_rebirth

BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11837869

and the actual published paper:

http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3706

I've never had much faith in him since he attacked the Cognitive Science community with his Emperor's New Mind. He was totally out of his area and it caused all kinds of problems. While this is more in his realm (he's actually more of a mathematician than anything) I suspect he's probably off base here as well and is just grappling for some publicity.

My (total non-scientific) take on this is that if these circular anomalies exist as described they are likely due to some measurement or instrument error. The Science News article in particular takes a very "arms-length" position.

11-28-2010, 11:39 AM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Pre-Big Bang??? Roger Penrose causing trouble again Here he goes again Cosmic rebirth Circular patterns in the universe's pervasive background radiation suggest the Big Bang was only the latest of many..... Here is the Science News version: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...Cosmic_rebirth BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11837869 and the actual published paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3706 I've never had much faith in him since he attacked the Cognitive Science community with his Emperor's New Mind. He was totally out of his area and it caused all kinds of problems. While this is more in his realm (he's actually more of a mathematician than anything) I suspect he's probably off base here as well and is just grappling for some publicity. My (total non-scientific) take on this is that if these circular anomalies exist as described they are likely due to some measurement or instrument error. The Science News article in particular takes a very "arms-length" position. Last edited by kennyc; 11-28-2010 at 11:44 AM.