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Wyman wrote:And that you're really old.

Hey! watch it, I'm right here too. ya know. I was an undergraduate in the late 60's.

I have also encountered teachers and professors who had some silly ideas. It seems expertise in one area doesn't translate to expertise in other areas, though some well educated people seem to think so. Just because a person is well educated, doesn't mean that they know everything, though some seem to think so.

Philosophy Explorer wrote:Assuming you're talking about the Big Bang, there are two reasons I can think of:

1) It gives an explanation as to how the universe started
2) It's controversial, e.g. it was posited as starting off from the size of a pinhead which isn't very believable

What do you think of the BBT?

HexHammer wrote:

Philosophy Explorer wrote:

HexHammer wrote:How come you are now speaking in rational terms?

Define "rational terms."

Question for you. Why didn't you try to answer the OP's question?

Rational is opposit of nonsense and babble, and OP is quite irrelevant, but that requires intellect to see that.

HH you seem to not use the head of your hammer, as much as you stroke it's shaft. You'd be better off with a HexStick.

Everyone else, listen, obviously HH requires validation. Tell him, "he's the man." until he no longer requires it. You'll know when that is, as he'll actually seem to care about the argument, instead of his ranking.

HH, "You the man!"

Arising_uk wrote:Oh! I thought the OP meant Big Brother.

That's funny, I thought they saw many forum regs referring to Barbara Brooks as BB, and was taking a stab in the dark, to erase their confusion.