Well I found the source of the article casting doubt on the big bang theory due to the absence of background radiation shadows from some galaxy clusters
... Trying to track it down tells me there are two camps out there each grinding an axe such that I do not feel confident that science is what we are dealing with
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It is a hazy picture I am forming but I see it this way.
There is those who support the big bang theory and then those who want to destroy it for reasons that may have little to do with science but more to do with religion
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The science for the absence of the background radiation comes from the University of Alabama so I am suspicious that maybe those involved in the interpretation of the publicly available data could well have interpreted it to suit their beliefs or the beliefs they may well need to hold to have a job at that University
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Just a feeling that real science has possibly been corrupted and I have been stupid enough to be taken in… that hurts and I should know better.
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