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Why do you mention astronomers?

Because Bex brought the subject up.
Ahh. I failed to get that from the context.

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I've given no indication that I intend to buy an internally inconsistent story
Please re-read what I re-stated above and tell me how it is internally inconsistent.
Again? I prefer not to go around in circles just now.

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even if 100% of the cosmologists agree thereupon. No more than I'll buy any such claim held to be true by 100% of all Voodoo witch-doctors.

The fact that you hold all scientists in such low regard is patently obvious.
Actually, I hold 'most everybody "in such high regard". Not many will sell me an internally inconsistent story. Do you think I should make special exceptions?

On page 2 of your link, I found that they have a conspiracy theory of their own.
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The redshift is such a useful distance indicator that it is a shame that science journalists conspire to leave it out of stories: they must be taught the "5 w's but no z" rule in journalism school.
Off topic, but maybe of interest to some readers.


Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth

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