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Hey, I am a junior in physics at penn state and am currently in a philosophy class. We have an assignment to argue a question of conjecture(my professor specified he wanted a problem of the "did/does anything actually happen") in our fields(majors). I am kind of struggling to find a good topic for this paper. The basic idea is to play out both sides of the argument and then pick a side(it's more about reasoning skills than actually solving the problem). I am having some trouble picking a good topic for this paper(3-4 pages double spaced).
I have taken some higher level EM and Mechanics classes, but I have yet to really delve into the thicket of the theoretical side(plus they don't teach you anything that is heavily under debate at the Undergrad level).
First I thought the big bang might be a nice topic for this because it's something we can't observe and is put together by third hand evidence/observation. But I am having a lot of trouble finding people arguing against the big bang(other than religious groups). So does anyone know of a nice topic that is accessible to myself with my meager physics knowledge? Something that I can really find a debate on with two equalish sides. Or at least point me towards a list problems with big bang theory...
Thanks in advance.
-Bobak
I have taken some higher level EM and Mechanics classes, but I have yet to really delve into the thicket of the theoretical side(plus they don't teach you anything that is heavily under debate at the Undergrad level).
First I thought the big bang might be a nice topic for this because it's something we can't observe and is put together by third hand evidence/observation. But I am having a lot of trouble finding people arguing against the big bang(other than religious groups). So does anyone know of a nice topic that is accessible to myself with my meager physics knowledge? Something that I can really find a debate on with two equalish sides. Or at least point me towards a list problems with big bang theory...
Thanks in advance.
-Bobak