On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 4:46:50 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:03 AM Alan Grayson <agrays...@gmail.com > <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 >
In the case of flatness, if the expansion rate were constant, as defined by the Hubble constant of about 70 km/sec/mps, and assuming a hyperspherical geometry expanding for 13.8 by, the measured flatness is probably implausibly too close to zero; IOW too flat. Inflation might be the explanation. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c4dbfd4a-e7f4-4036-ac04-672ec5078b30%40googlegroups.com.
