On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 5:59:35 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:54 AM Alan Grayson <agrays...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> ISTM, that the argument the universe was NOT in thermo equilibrium just >> before inflation is alleged to have begun, is extremely WEAK. Thus, it's >> illogical to claim that inflation "smooths out" the alleged NON thermo >> equiiibrium just before inflation begun. AG >> > > That is essentially what I said. Lawrence is just replacing one set of > unknown initial conditions with another, equally unjustified, set. > > Bruce >
I think you're agreeing that the model I posit, makes sense; namely, that inflation preserves the original thermo equilibrium, and this is important since without inflation the tiny fluctuations would have increased, the CMBR would have occurred much later, and departures from one part in 100,000 would be manifested. 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/a626571a-f9b4-49e1-a5e2-7d690699dcd2%40googlegroups.com.
