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Has Cosmology Been Solved?

Posted by kdawson on from the more-concensus-than-debate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In 1998, Dr. Michael Turner published a famous paper titled 'Cosmology Solved? Quite Possibly!' where he outlined seven major issues cosmologists should address in the following ten years. Nine years later, he revisits the list in an interview with the Slackerpedia Galactica podcast. He summarizes progress on each issue, adds some new goals for the next ten years, and even suggests that cosmology is now more interesting than science fiction."

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  1. How to conduct an interview: by oni · · Score: 0, Troll

    lesson 1: STOP FUCKING LAUGHING WHILE THE OTHER GUY IS TALKING.

    "so the universe contains dark matter..."
    "hehe, hehehe. hehehehe."
    "and the ratio seems to be about 1/3:2/3..."
    "hehehe, hehee. hehehehehe. ehehe."
    "and the effect of this is..."
    "hehehe. ehehehehe."

    jesus fucking christ, that sounded like bevis and butthead.