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Well there would be few who could claim to be expert on the big bang theory but as I understand it the big bang was on shaky ground and the inflation theory was introduced to save it from being disregarded. Inflation was needed to "smooth"out the Universe it seems to me.
I find it difficult to fit these enormous "total and absolute voids" into the mental picture one must form from the hypothesis of inflation.
I think the inflation hypothesis difficult to swallow on the basis that we are asked to accept that all we see (and so very much more) grew from relatively nothing to ėverything,in the space of a mere time frame of some 30 seconds (as inflation calls upon us to accept).
It surprises me that no one sees it similar as I would have thought the questions I raise were apparent...perhaps no so to those more intimately involved with the inflation hypothesis than me.
The size of this hole is beyond reasonable comprehension.
I wonder what its size was relative to the size of the Universe at that time?
Was this hole grown at the same rate as the rest of the Universe during inflation or did the Universe just grow around this and other holes.
To me such a discovery puts everything we currently believe as fact..the big bang hypothesis itself... into question.
I have never liked the inflation hypothesis it seemed to me a grabbing at a straw exercise and as far as I can tell those who support the concept offer as its reason for credibility the fact that it fits big bang predictions... outside that consideration I find little reason to accept its premise.
I think this discovery offers many questions for the big bang and it will be interesting to see if this discovery is "fitted in" or simply disregarded as offering any relevance to cosmology.
I wonder where this big hole placed itself in the background radiation map..one would think the map must show huge voids like this..
I find this discovery so interesting I hope more information comes to light as time goes by.
alex
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