RedDingo says:
You should have given it 36 seconds, as your assumption on Black Holes (in the very least) is incorrect. What Hawking meant was that our original conception of ‘black holes’ may not exist. You owe you existence to them, as without this phenomenon our galaxy wouldn’t exist… These are theories. The Big Bang Theory. The counter-theories. All are theories. And scholars like Christian (or anyone) can hardly produce a solid body of work without choosing a theory that resonates with their research.
Just because one or two scholars present an alternate theory to the big bang that seems just as plausible, it doesn’t mean every other theory is now wrong. It doesn’t work like that- not until hard, solid evidence confirms it as fact. Just be wary. Slamming scholars based on your top five google searches is kinda uncool, and indicates a lack of wide reading/understanding of theory and scientific …