Re: [asa] Size of the Universe

On 8/11/06, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> At 11:19 AM 8/11/2006, Jim Armstrong wrote:
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> CNN article reports, " Study: Universe bigger, older than expected<http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/08/universe.age/>".
> My question for y'all is, why do you think the created universe is so
> immense? - JimA
>
>
> *@ Here's one explanation from the 8/3/06 thread below:
>
> *"..its global warming causing the universe to expand and... I think [you
> know whose] administration is behind it but no one was available to leak it
> to the NY Times yet....developing ;) #4
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1677257/posts?page=4#4
>

Here's another: The media doesn't know what science is. The first they get.
It isn't science until it is peer reviewed. But they forget the second even
more important one. It isn't science until it's replicated. The paper in
question measures H0 to be 61 (km/s)/Mpc. It critiques the Hubble Key
Project which measures H0 to be 72+/-8 and thus outside of its error bars.
The problem is that this as of yet unreplicated technique is outside
everyones error bars.

WMAP 2003: 71 +/- 4
WMAP 2006: 70 +2.4/-3.2
Chandra Aug. 2006: 77 +/- 15%
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0608/08hubbleconstant/

Now it could be that everyone else is wrong but the numbers above encompass
multiple techniques. That's why this needs to be replicated.

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Received on Fri Aug 11 15:05:37 2006