On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 5:46:50 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:03 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> In this case I was just responding to Bruce's certainty that inflation is >> mostly a red herring. I highly respect his opinions, but in this case, >> based on my study of this particular issue, I disagree. I am open to being >> proved wrong, but insults don't cut it. At least you agree that inflation >> does explain homogeneity. Aren't you curious about Bruce's take on this >> particular issue? AG >> > > Inflation can result in an increase in flatness and homogeneity. But that > is relevant only if flatness and homogeneity were problems in need of > explanation. > > Bruce >
The real problem is how did disparate regions of the universe become uniform when there would have been no causal connection between them. In particular with homogeneity inflation provides a mechanism whereby deviations from homogeneity and isotropy are uniform. LC -- 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/2a27d344-0061-4690-9c2e-46dbc930a59f%40googlegroups.com.
