>>There's also an alternative explanation: the redshift is a true Doppler, but not because of any big bang, but because the whole universe is actually intelligent. And running away from us as fast as it can, which is proof enough that it is intelligent.
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>From any vantage point you would see everything rushing away so its not just us.

This is where I'd take the geocentric POV. The reason I got this idea is, after some analysis, that I lived in Serbia in the nineties, and that image of everyone trying to distance themselves was etched somewhere deep between my ears.

> If you could measure accurately enough you'd find you wife receding as well.

Of course, we got ourselves a larger bed.