The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy may have given us the answer to the meaning of life, but it did not explain everything about the universe. As science has progressed, our explanations for the universe have grown increasingly complex, from the early belief in four elements, to string theory, superstring theory, and the Higgs-Boson, the so-called “God particle.”
What follows is a look at 10 of the craziest theories about our universe that are now readily accepted. While science in its purest sense never considers anything to be 100% true (there is always the possibility something could come along and disprove a theory) there are a few ideas which are currently considered probable.
In the scientific community, a theory becomes accepted when empirical evidence becomes overwhelmingly supportive. An example is the “Giant Impact Hypothesis,” which suggests the moon was formed when a planet about the size of Mars collided with the earth. While it is not yet universally accepted, there is an increasing body of evidence which makes it ever more acceptable as a hypothesis.
All the ideas we will look at are generally accepted as fitting the evidence. At the time they were proposed, however, they were considered pretty “out there.”
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