Hi It is a phrase that says that the argument is going to be surprising. The writer does not try to hide his belief or make it seem ordinary ... - He argues nothing less than that the universe is only a hundred years old You don't tell us what the writer is going to argue, but I would guess that it is quite unusual and that it will be opposed by many others.
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