Why is there anytthing at all? (Introduction)

by Carl, Wednesday, October 01, 2008, 11:55 (5683 days ago) @ Curtis

An article from Scientific American 
 http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=big-bang-or-big-bounce 
disagreeing with the Big Bang theory in combination with an article from Livescience 
 http://www.livescience.com/space/080930-st-universe-void.html 
indicating that the universe may not be expanding forever after all illustrates the tentative nature of scientific knowledge. In the previous discussions of the origin of the universe, the Big Bang with and ever expanding universe was treated as a given, as close to an established fact as science can provide. Now it is being called into question. I am not qualified to judge the accuracy of this new information, but it does confirm my skeptical attitude toward any certain knowledge from science. But, again, it's all we have.