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I Don't See The Logic Of Rejecting Data Just Because They Seem Incredible.

It Seems To Be A Characteristic Of All Great Work That It Creators Wear A Cloak Of Imprecision.

On Scientific Grounds This Big Bang Assumption Is Much Less The Palatable Of The Two. For It Is An Irrational Process That Cannot Be Described In Scientific Terms. . . . On Philosophical Grounds Too I Cannot See Any Good Reason For Preferring The Big Bang Idea. Indeed It Seems To Me In The Philosophical Sense To Be A Distinctly Unsatisfactory Notion, Since It Puts The Basic Assumption Out Of Sight Where It Can Never Be Challenged By A Direct Appeal To Observation.

There Are Many Ways Of Knocking Electrons Out Of Atoms. The Simplest Is To Rub Two Surfaces Together.

Once A Photograph Of The Earth, Taken From Outside, Is Available, Once The Sheer Isolation Of The Earth Becomes Known, A New Idea As Powerful As Any In History Will Be Let Loose.