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Why is the Big Bang not a good name for the theory of the beginning of the universe

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“Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang.”

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The Name Big Bang isn’t a good name because Space didn’t technically exist yet, and it implies the size, Big, and then a bang, which there wasn’t a bang either.

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