Big Bang Theory

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Falsifiability of the Big Bang Theory

In one of Karl Raimund Popper 's works , he discussed the demarcation that differentiate the sciences from the non-sciences or those that are merely subjects of faith and pseudo-sciences . Popper believes that sciences are falsifiable . If something can be falsified it can be considered as a science . He argued that unlike the work of Einstein which is capable of conflicting with possible , or conceivable observations , the works

of Freud , Marx and Adler proves every event as compatible to their theories which in Popper 's argument was not scientific . No matter what the situation is , Freud , Marx and Adler would explain it in terms of their theory which is somehow a subjective way of explaining or looking into things . For instance , a selfish capitalist could be analyzed as someone who was fixated to a certain Freudian psychosexual stage or was suffering from Adler 's concept of inferiority Marx would analyze the man from a class-struggle perspective . Popper believes that although there are evidences and observable facts that could prove the three theories through experimentation , these experiments are not falsifiable and are therefore merely based on faith and subjective judgments

In the case of the Big Bang theory , it argues that the universe is expanding . The theory stated that the universe had started from an initial bang or explosion of a very dense material . The impact of the...