Originally posted by Eladar
My belief is that if you are going to have a theory about origins then it should be consistent from its beginning to now.
So without completely understanding the Big Bang we
shouldn't contemplate how the first stars we formed.
Without completely knowing how the first stars were
formed we shouldn't contemplate how the elements
were created and how the next generation of stars
and planets were formed.
Without that knowledge we presumably should not
contemplate how our own solar system was created.
Without knowing that we should obviously not even
think about how the Earth was created.
Without knowing how the Earth was created volcanology,
plate techtonics and paleo-magnetism shouldn't be studied.
Without those lets not even think about seismology and
predicting eartquakes.........................
In fact lets not think about anything at all.
Cos godunnit.