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As I said Ron I do not wish to try and bring the current thinking into question as such, but if I see something I can not readily accept I will question it.
Seeing you are here perhaps you could offer up some of the matters relied upon to provide evidence for the concept of inflation..as I have indicated it is my understanding that the period of inflation occured in a split second... and in that mere split second the Universe grew at a rate of (approximately and from recollection of the "facts" I have seized upon) some trillion times (or more).
I am particualrly interested in nailing down how the theory of inflation moved from being an idea to being a theory and what in particular it offers as a reasonable proof for its acceptance other than it fixed a small problem with the big bang theory.
Also I note that inflation was not in the original big bang proposition and only called upon to fix an apparent problem (providing uniformity through out the Universe) maybe a problem that could have had a better solution... if it has been taken the heart so readily there must be stronger reasons than I can determine..I just want to know what those reason might be.
No doubt I know very little about this stuff and as already observed by Bojan what folk like me get is the tail end of the science sometimes made simple to make the news appealing..to folk like me. But you have studied these matters as I understand at University so you must be better informed.
Even though I am slow on the uptake I hope for a better understanding based on some decent evidence..with or without a background in science such does not seem unreasonable.
Also while you are on the phone my current problem is finding how "time" was included in General Relativity. From what I can understand gravity was related to acceleration and T entered at this point. If so I feel that such an inclussion may have been hasty and offerred to explain concepts rather than be a reflection of the science that actually took place.
I have no disagreedment with most of what you say, I could nit pick at minor points with out moving forward, but for me to move to a higher level of understanding I need to understand the inflation concept better I feel... I could be wrong in my current understanding for example of the time set aside for inflation or the rate of inflation..it may not say things such as it doubled in a trillionth of a second for example... but it seems that is the premise..if it is I really would like to find out upon what facts this idea moved from an idea to theory status.
Please consider my difficulty... no degree in science but with a passion for it.. outside looking in as it were..
I am not seeking to destroy anything but can not let something go by if it seems unreasonable without some convincing evidence that the idea has physical support.
You seem to understand so much and I so little so I ask what is your view on the inflationary period and am I missing something that will make it more acceptable.
As to predictions I regard them suspiciously... maybe unreasonably so.. but as you say I can believe what I choose..but my rights of belief wont get in the way of a reasonable proposition which makes it acceptable...
So to be specific and limit the question... what is your understanding of the inflation period and the evidence in support that takes the idea from that to a theory.
Your faithfully
alex
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