Eric Lerner on “The Big Bang Never Happened”
Debate between a long-time “subversive” opponent and “distinguished” cosmogonist Claudia Maraston
Eric is best known for his 30-year-old book supporting plasma cosmology as an alternative to the Big Bang Theory:
Lerner, E.J., 1992, The Big Bang Never Happened: A Startling Refutation of the Dominant Theory of the Origin of the Universe: New York, Vintage Books, 440 p.[1]
Among his admirable assertions in that book was that the universe was infinite in extent and infinite in time. As one can imagine, cosmogonists (those who assume the universe had a beginning) were highly critical.
I reviewed one critique, which was presented by theoretical physicist Victor Stenger in “Skeptical Inquirer.” It turned out that the Inquirer should have been more skeptical of one of their favorite sons. Stenger’s review is replete with errors that I pointed out along with a few made by Lerner:
https://scientificphilosophy.org/Downloads/Stenger1992%20antiplasma%20universe-GB%20review.pdf
