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utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!JSLove@MIT-MULTICS
Tue Mar  9 01:25:23 1982
Re: SPACE Digest V2 #125
I recall seeing an explanation for why we could NOT detect a velocity
relative to the radiation from the Big Bang.  It had something to do
with where the radiation was supposed to be coming from (the outermost
fringes of the universe), and is only 3 degrees Kelvin because it is
hugely red-shifted.  The argument called on relativity (I think general,
but perhaps special is sufficient) to explain why the radiation from all
directions looks just the same.

Therefore, I was surprised to see the claim in a recent digest that such
an anisotropy could be detected.  Do you know something I don't know
(sources, PLEASE, and sorry I can't do the same) or are you committing
the sin of the French philosophers (and Aristotle) of telling us how you
think things should be instead of how they are?
				-- Spencer


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