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There's another dimension of thinking which I have been trying to get into words over the last few weeks .. here goes ... (oh no !!) ..
Big Bang Theory (BBT), ΛCDM (or Standard Cosmology Model), dark thingys, etc, etc are really concepts to have firmly embedded in every fibre of a cosmologist's being, because when used a 'filter', and applied to an idea, it invariably results in a clarity of thought which in turn, results in a level of comfort in positioning seemingly unintuitive, unexpected observations of the world around us.
This would seem to be because of the extraordinarily high degree of rigor and logic applied in the rationale of developing them.
Adopting the thinking also results in further (always productive, often null), investigation beyond the present understanding (regardless of how distasteful this investigation might be).
Having said this, its also healthy to not hold them so closely that it becomes one's soul belief (as though the concepts are irrevocably undeniable 'truths'). They then become religious beliefs which always end up at the same place, hence no further thinking is worthwhile. Its easy to slip into this mode and I find I have to wrestle with myself to stay away from this.
Enough philosophy !!! ... Back to me books.
Cheers
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