Science, the crisis in cosmology and the Big Bang

Science, the crisis in cosmology and the Big Bang

From Marxist Voice by Revolutionary Communist Party

April 28, 2026 · 55 min

About this episode

Ben Curry discusses the philosophical implications of cosmology and the challenges to the Big Bang theory in light of recent astronomical observations.

Men and women have looked up at the night sky and speculated about the nature of the universe since prehistoric times. Those speculations were the first gropings towards science. But science was bound up with myth; cosmology with cosmogeny; astronomy with astrology. Since the scientific revolution of the 16th century, however, myth has been squeezed in cosmology. But in the last century, a century of capitalist decline, it has made a comeback under the guise of a new Creation myth, the Big Bang. Since the 1990s, this has ossified into the so-called Standard Model. Today, advances in observational astronomy are fatally undermining that model. In this discussion, Ben Curry, leading member of the Revolutionary Communist International, will look at how the philosophical thought of an age impinges on this science where a clear philosophy is above all necessary if we are to relate the finite sphere of our observations to the infinite cosmos beyond, and the little sliver of time we are able to study its magnificent unfolding to the whole eternity that stretches behind us and ahead of us.

People in this episode

Guest: Ben Curry

Topics covered

  • cosmology
  • science
  • philosophy
  • Big Bang
  • capitalism
  • astronomy

Keywords

  • cosmology
  • Big Bang
  • Standard Model
  • astronomy
  • philosophy
  • capitalism
  • science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Revolutionary Communist International

Books & works: Big Bang, Standard Model

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