Do Dark Matter and Dark Energy Cast Doubt On the Big Bang? 225
StartsWithABang (3485481) writes "Back in the 1960s, after the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background, the Big Bang reigned supreme as the only game in town. But back then, we also assumed that what we consider as "normal matter" — i.e., protons, neutrons and electrons — was, along with photons and neutrinos, the only stuff that made up the Universe. But the last 50 years have shown us that dark matter and dark energy actually make up 95% of the energy composition of our cosmos. Given that, is there any wiggle room to possibly invalidate the Big Bang?"
Re:Oh good lord. (Score:2, Funny)
Dark matter is probably just civilizations that have built (advanced forms of) Dyson spheres around their stars.
This also explains the Fermi paradox.
Re:Don't ask me (Score:5, Funny)
The physicists are the ones asking. We better take this one to the Big Guy Himself.
"So, uh, we were wondering if you could explain why our orbital and rotational predictions for galaxies are not matching our astronomical measurements?"
"They aren't? Are you sure? Let me check the source code. Oh, that's not good. Should have caught that a few billion years ago. This is going to be a real pain to patch. Unless. . . ."
"Unless, what?"
*lightning bolt strikes questioner*
Re:Oh good lord. (Score:4, Funny)
That wasn't a person without a sparkler, that was a grue.