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dsgrue3 said:
GameOver22 said:

u have to realize that people watching CNN, where the interview was done, do not have a huge amount of scientiifc knowledge....its about knowing your audience. Its just asking for confusion if you state that "originally the universe was a gas of particles with no mass at all." I mean, your inintial response was actually to say it was wrong, and you claim to know the material better than most.

I will just point you toawrds KungKras's response. There was no reason to resort to calling someone a liar (saying he didn't have a source) and illiterate (he needs to learn to read). It was just a misunderstanding, mostly because the interviewee made a poor choice of words at desribing the event (using the term "gas" to describe something that clearly is not a gas, at least as the term is commonly used).

He refused to provide the source when requested that could have resolved it. That's the issue.

Massless gases could exist prior to the Big Bang as per the video. The "fuse" hadn't been lit -> Higgs Boson that gave mass to particles. So yes, I do now agree, after having context for this, that the Universe could have been comprised of a gas of massless particles. 

I don't know if you're getting my point, which is, the context for the statement was not provided by the video. KungKras cleared up the issue by providing a further explanation. The video, at best, is ambiguous about what was meant by the quotation. Point  being, I don't relly have a hard time understanding why someone watching that video, particularly someone not informed about the subject, would be confused  by the statement, hence, why they would ask a question.