Why the CMB Is Evidence Against the Big Bang - Dr. André Assis, DemystiCon '25, DemystifySci #352

What if one of modern cosmology’s greatest triumphs was built on
a false story? In this talk from DemystiCon: Beyond the Big Bang,
physicist and historian of science Dr. Andre Koch Torres Assis
digs deep into the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the
so-called “fingerprint” of the Big Bang, and uncovers a history
that challenges the dominant narrative.





Contrary to popular belief, George Gamow and the Big Bang camp
never predicted the CMB’s 2.7K temperature. In fact, their
estimates were off by nearly an order of magnitude. Meanwhile,
steady-state cosmologists consistently predicted the correct
background temperature of space long before the CMB was
discovered by Penzias and Wilson.





The difference was that instead of searching for the birth of the
universe, they were simply calculating the temperature of cold,
rocky bodies absorbing and remitting distant starlight.





Assis weaves together redshift anomalies, missing histories of
radioastronomy, and overlooked insights from pioneers like Finlay
Freundlich to show how a false myth of prediction has been used
to cement the Big Bang as fact, rather than leaving open the
possibility of the CMB being the signal of an eternal universe.


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ANDRE'S EARLIER APPEARANCES ON THE PODCAST:


DemystifySci #328 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upV3ZfCEISA


DemystifySci #233 https://youtu.be/kGHNKORQZK8


DemystifySci #204 https://youtu.be/VGql2qiRjkY





ANDRE'S WEBSITE: https://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis


00:00 Go!


00:06:06 Predictions of Cosmic Background Radiation


00:12:30 The Role of Stefan-Boltzmann Law


00:18:44 Cosmic Rays and Intergalactic Space


00:24:12 Red Shift and Its Implications


00:32:22 Observations of the Sun's Red Shift


00:36:04 Freundlich's Groundbreaking Insights


00:39:08 Connection to Radio Astronomy


00:40:58 Conclusion on Cosmic Background Radiation





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