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is Big Bang a description of a beginning for our universe?

"IMPORTANT: This is not the place to discuss how you think the universe began, or to discuss whether or not the Big Bang model is correct. "

Duly noted. But this is not about debating the beginning of the universe but rather to question why the article currently mention the idea of the beginning of the universe at all.

The article mention this: "According to the Big Bang models, the universe at the beginning was very hot and very compact"

Where does the idea that the Big Bang models describe the beginning of the universe come from? It might be a spectacular event and a drastic change in the state of the universe but does that justify to talk about it as a description of the beginning of the universe?

Shouldn't the article be more cautious and simply describe the big bang theory as a prediction of the past of the universe as far in the past as the models are adequate to do so? PipMcDohl (talk) 03:19, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rather than saying "According to the Big Bang models, the universe at the beginning was very hot and very compact" shouldn't the article say "At the furthest point in the past the Big Bang models are adequate to predict, the universe was very hot and very compact". Less poetic but more accurate, right?

One way to picture the problem is to call it a language issue. We could talk of the big bang theory as describing the beginning of the "known" universe. Meaning by this the eras of the universes that we can start to describe with reliable models. But the wording "beginning of the known universe" is misleading as we don't know the first era described by the models to be the very first era of the universe altogether. We could name it the first era but only as "the first era in the timeline that we can predict and describe". Naming that first era "beginning" is questionable.

Scientifically, we can't definitively speak to the "Universe" (upper case), meaning the entirety of existence. Saying "known universe" (lower case) is redundant wording, as that is implicit. I don't see a need to hem and haw about speculative possibilities we don't know. If that still bothers you, we could always add a footnote. Praemonitus (talk) 13:10, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article presently lacks words Jewish, Torah, Bible, Biblical

Since the article first sentence refers to Georges Lemaitre, a priest, surely the word Biblical is a major lack. Since this scientist/physicist is not known to have denied the existence if a Cre-ator, somehow there is room for additional wikitext.

A 2014 article with the title "New Big Bang evidence supports Biblical creation, says Orthodox physicist" and I'll try to shoehorn it in, but first it's to be recognized that the article's LEDE's "Physics lacks" wording appears to be misplaced. Shoehorn second. Nuts240 (talk) 01:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? Writing doesn't generally benefit from a robust checklist of Words That Must Appear—especially ones that aren't jargon particular to the topic.

Perhaps you should pause and try to concretely state what your editorial concerns actually are, given you yourself are describing the potential remedies as "shoehorning". Remsense诉 02:46, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You may be looking for the "Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory" article. The article on Georges Lemaître doesn't mention the Bible. Praemonitus (talk) 03:12, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Beyond the Big Bang" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Beyond the Big Bang has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 August 26 § Beyond the Big Bang until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 02:26, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo in intro?

"derviation" instead of "derivation"? 125.254.119.180 (talk) 13:17, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks for spotting that. –CWenger (^ • @) 13:23, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Beyond finite?

"Currently the piece reads: Given current understanding, scientific extrapolations about the future of the universe are only possible for finite durations, albeit for much longer periods than the current age of the universe. Anything beyond that becomes increasingly speculative." Anything beyond what? Beyond finite durations? What the heck is beyond finite durations?Ordinary Person (talk) 03:40, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]