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On 29/02/2020 04:25, BillK wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">These 4 Pieces Of Evidence Have Already Taken Us Beyond The Big Bang
Ethan Siegel Feb 28 2020
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/these-4-pieces-of-evidence-have-already-taken-us-beyond-the-big-bang-5d0005bad7ed" moz-do-not-send="true"><https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/these-4-pieces-of-evidence-have-already-taken-us-beyond-the-big-bang-5d0005bad7ed></a></pre>
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Wait a minute, isn't this just re-defining the big bang as something
that happened <i>after</i> inflation?<br>
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My understanding is that the big bang came first, then inflation. So
the big bang is still just as much a mystery as ever.<br>
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Or is my understanding wrong?<br>
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And if so, what do you call the event that preceded inflation
(labeled 'primordial fluctuations' in one of the diagrams on that
site. Not a very catchy name!)?<br>
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Ben Zaiboc</pre>
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