Difficult questions seldom begin with Where, What, or When, though those are important. Critically, How and Why form the basis for most answers. It may seem silly at first to even think about, but there are good reasons to ask.
“Where are my car keys?” “What temperature should this cook at?” and “When should this go in the oven?” are valid questions, but they require answers that involve further information, or they mean nothing. The only immediate and direct answer is, “I do not currently know, nor can I speculate without further information.” Your keys are likely where you left them, where someone else left them, the crack they fell into, or where your pet put them. The proper cooking temperature may be less important than time and temperature together, and when you put something in the oven depends on when you want to take it out, ready.
The questions lead to the idea, “Why do you ask? Are you asking, or telling?” My son mentioned the current gaslighter’s buzzword, “Prove me wrong.” You just did. Factual proof is that, if proof is in the pudding, you are the pud who invalidated yourself, regardless of the inefficiency of, or your inability to present, a logical argument.
Many arguments are mere emotional opinions. I like the Lions football team because I grew up in Detroit. Nothing more, or I might recall some favorite players from my youth, like Charlie Sanders, Billy Sims, Lem Barney, Bubba Baker, and Doug English. However, my favorite team does not mean they were ever very good. “I love the Lions” does not mean they were the best football franchise in history.
Ha. How stupid would that be?
Some of you already guessed that this would have to be part of the discussion, but hard, cold, rigid, unchanging and unchangeable science knows that the current estimated age of the universe is 13.8 billion years. Until almost two years ago. Recent studies suggest 26.7 to 27 billion years. They now know that the fixed rate of cosmic expansion may also be slowing down, contrary to previous beliefs.
We knew it was precisely 13 billion, 800 million years old since Bubba Baker’s best days, so do not be fooled into thinking they just doubled it. That would be 27 billion, 600 million.
If they hurry, they will age the cosmos from 40,000 years to 26,700,000,002 years PLUS in less than a Century! This is science, and it’s indisputable. All we have to do is tweak the theories a little bit.
The takeaway? The better the camera and lens combo, the older the multiverse, but that’s a different question.
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