<i>&gt; What you said isn&#x27;t even pop science</i><p>What I said was an attempt to explain how the basic model cosmologists use works in layman&#x27;s terms. It wasn&#x27;t intended to be &quot;pop science&quot; or even &quot;real science&quot;; that would be <i>building</i> the model, not trying to explain how it works.<p>The references you give are not &quot;real science&quot; either. Try looking in a cosmology textbook or a peer-reviewed paper. Or, even better, work out the science for yourself instead of arguing from authority.