Probable proof of a cyclical universe?

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

http://io9.com/5694701/does-cosmic-back ... e=true&s=i

Or in other words this is the millionth time we've talked about this.
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Or in other words this is the billionth time we've talked about this.
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Or in other words this is the trillionth time we've talked about this.
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Or in other words this is......

Anyway you guys get my point, I thought this was some pretty cool stuff.

[flojocabron]

Sheldon is not amused

[dsheinem]

who?

did you mean sherman?

[Breetai]

But, the big bang theory hasn't been proven yet!

Here's a good quote from the article:

...it's the best explanation we've got for the universe we have now...

Yeah, this article is proposing a new idea to the "best" one we have now. Interesting, anyway!

[Limewater]

I wish people would stop using the terms "proof" and "proven" in in relation to science.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Probable proof: as in not 100%, but likely or hypothetically plausible.

[YoshiEgg25]

Cyclical universe, eh?

[Erik_Twice]

It's endless eight all over again!

[AppleQueso]

Probable proof: as in not 100%, but likely or hypothetically plausible.

Which pretty much applies to literally everything we know at this point.

Quantum mechanics fucked shit up.

[Limewater]

Probable proof: as in not 100%, but likely or hypothetically plausible.

The thing is that it will never and can never be "proven". You don't prove things in science-- except in so far as science occasionally requires mathematical proofs.