Originally Posted By: Bill S.
One thing that seems typical of science in general, and cosmology in particular, is that however good the arguments seem to be for a particular viewpoint, there is always room for an alternative interpretation.

To greater and lesser extents, yes, but sometimes perhaps not at all. The natural selection process in evolution is one topical example. But, re the standard model of cosmology, any cosmologist/astrophysicist will agree that there's room for a great deal of modification.

If anyone here hasn't read The Fifth Essence by Lawrence Krauss, I'd recommend it, even though it's 35yrs old and he'd have to make some revisions if he rewrote it. It's broadly about Dark Matter, but the information and explanations re evolution of an expanding cosmos from the Big Bang are very clearly delivered, and continue to be supported as new data comes in.

Disagreeing with it all only because one doesn't like it will leave a scientist unmoved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDTcMD6pOw&feature=player_detailpage

"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once" - John Wheeler