Survey Shows that 51% of Americans Question the 'Big Bang Theory'

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While scientists are extremely confident about the 13.8 billion figure, I can see why the average person might be skeptical of that as the number used to vary a lot and used to be shorter than the oldest stars. It probably would have been better say billions of years instead of 13.8 billion years.

I doubt many people were nuanced about whether it was the literal beginning vs. whether or not it happened at all.