On Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 4:59:42 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 8:40 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 8:53:35 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: >>> >>> Bruce considers that inflation remains somewhat speculative; that it's a >>> solution looking for a problem to solve. So my questions are as follows: >>> 1), does inflation solve the homogeneity problem; namely, that the >>> observable universe seems to have come to thermo equlibrium, manifested by >>> homogeneity, even though it is causally UN-connected; and 2), does it >>> explain the absence of magnetic monopoles? TIA, AG >>> >> >> Bruce; it seems like a simple issue you can resolve. That is, if you're >> skeptical that inflation solves any problems, does that include its allege >> explanation for large scale homogeneity and the absence of magnetic >> monopoles? TIA, AG >> > > Alan, stop treating me as though I existed merely to answer your > questions. The answers to these questions are readily available in the > literature. It is clear from your postings here that you are not widely > read in the modern literature on these subjects. I am not your teacher. I > think Sabine Hossenfelder has a blog post on this: > > http://backreaction.blogspot.com/search?q=+inflation > > Bruce >
In fact, if facts matter, I studied the issue of homogeneity quite seriously and finally convinced myself that inflation seems to solve the issue of thermo equilibrium for a visable universe that is not causally connected. Then you come along, make a glib statement that in effect denies that conclusion (which I gather is widely supported among physicists). So it seems we deserve to hear some of your reasoning Ithis matter. On numerous other subjects, you are not at all reticent about fully airing your logic, but curiously, not so here. AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/06b3bb2c-1feb-4a5f-b9e2-58acf0e1cbd6%40googlegroups.com.
